Lycopodium laterale R.Br.

Details

Name scientific

Lycopodium laterale R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 165 (1810)

Preferred name

Lycopodiella lateralis (R.Br.) B.Øllg.

Nomenclature

Authors

R.Br.

Original authors

R.Br.

Publication place

Brown, R. 1810: Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen. Johnson, London.

Year published

1810

Publication page

165

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Lycopodium laterale R.Br.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Lycopodium laterale

Etymology

From the Latin lateralis (lateral), a reference to the strobili that are characteristically borne laterally in this species.

Typification

Lectotype (selected by Field 2020): Port Jackson [Sydney, New South Wales], R. Brown Iter Austral. No. 131, BM 001038073!

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Lycopodiopsida

Order

Lycopodiales

Family

Lycopodiaceae

Genus

Lycopodium

Species

laterale

Subordinates

Lycopodium laterale var. diffusum

Descriptions

Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Lycopodium laterale R.Br.

Description

Rhizome much branched; aerial branches erect, stout, up to 3 dm. tall. Lvs close-set, spreading to ascending, up to 7 mm. long, lanceolate-subulate, acuminate, decurrent, mid-rib evident, margins ± revolute. Strobili lateral or terminal on short branchlets, sessile, ascending, up to 15 mm. or more long. Sporophylls imbricate, finally spreading, broad-ovate, abruptly acuminate, margins jagged.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Lycopodium laterale R.Br.

Lycopodium laterale R.Br.

Allan, H.H. (1961)

Collections

Determined name

Country

Geographic region

Indicative databased records

Lycopodium laterale R.Br.

New Zealand

Wellington Land District

Notes

Note type

Etymology

Note text

From the Latin lateralis (lateral), a reference to the strobili that are characteristically borne laterally in this species.

Note type

typification

Note text

Lectotype (selected by Field 2020): Port Jackson [Sydney, New South Wales], R. Brown Iter Austral. No. 131, BM 001038073!

Note reference

Metadata

Record id

5c912513-07cf-4e5e-848f-d0842392bb6e

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

6 April 2020

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