Lycopodium varium R.Br.

Details

Name scientific

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

Preferred name

Phlegmariurus varius (R.Br.) A.R.Field & Bostock

Taxonomy reference

Field, A.R.; Bostock, P.D. 2013: New and existing combinations in Palaeotropical Phlegmariurus (Lycopodiaceae) and lectotypification of the type species Phlegmariurus phlegmaria (L.) T.Sen & U.Sen. PhytoKeys 20: 33–51.

Nomenclature

Original authors

R.Br.

Authors

R.Br.

Publication place

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

Year published

1810

Publication page

165

Orthography

varium α umbrosum

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Lycopodium varium R.Br.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Lycopodium varium

Etymology

From the Latin varius (variable), a reference to the polymorphic nature of this species.

Typification

Lectotype (selected by Chinnock 1998; see Mabberley & Moore, in press: Table Mt [Mt Wellington, Tasmania], R. Brown Iter Austral. 123, BM 001079913 (!online)

Mabberley, D.J.; Moore, D.T.: The Robert Brown Handbook: a guide to the life and work of Robert Brown (1773-1858), Scottish botanist. Regnum Vegetabile: (in press).

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Lycopodiopsida

Order

Lycopodiales

Family

Lycopodiaceae

Genus

Lycopodium

Species

varium

Subordinates

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Language of use: Māori

Descriptions

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

Lycopodium varium R.Br.

Description

Stems tufted, much branched, up to 6 dm. long, stout, rather rigid, erect or ascending; lvs crowded, ascending or spreading, lower up to 18 mm. long, lanceolate, subacute, midrib rather obscure; upper lvs smaller, more appressed. Strobili terminal, often branched, us. curved, ± tetragonous, up to 15 cm. long, us. shorter; sporophylls densely imbricate, c. 3 mm. long, keeled, subacute to acute, distinctly overtopping sporangia.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Lycopodium varium R.Br.

Lycopodium varium R.Br.

Allan, H.H. (1961)

Lycopodium varium R.Br.

Lycopodium varium R.Br.

Field, A.R.; Bostock, P.D. (2013)

Phlegmariurus varius (R.Br.) A.R.Field & Bostock

Collections

Determined name

Country

Geographic region

Indicative databased records

Lycopodium varium R.Br.

New Zealand

Wellington Land District

Notes

Note type

typification

Note text

Lectotype (selected by Chinnock 1998; see Mabberley & Moore, in press: Table Mt [Mt Wellington, Tasmania], R. Brown Iter Austral. 123, BM 001079913 (!online)

Note reference

Mabberley, D.J.; Moore, D.T.: The Robert Brown Handbook: a guide to the life and work of Robert Brown (1773-1858), Scottish botanist. Regnum Vegetabile: (in press).

Note type

Etymology

Note text

From the Latin varius (variable), a reference to the polymorphic nature of this species.

Metadata

Record id

743f9e0b-0cc5-4526-9ec3-bd2c7f7e9474

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

10 January 2020

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