Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
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Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 87 (1786)
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Biostatus
Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Nomenclature
G.Forst.
G.Forst.
1786
87
ICN
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
species
Lycopodium scariosum
Classification
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Vernacular names
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Descriptions
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Main stem creeping, branched, up to 2 m. long, but us. less. Aerial branches freely branching, rigid, erect or ascending, up to 3 dm. long, sometimes lianoid, branchlets ± flattened. Lvs of main stems multifarious, of branches dimorphic. Dorsal lvs flattened, subdistichous, c. 3 mm. long, ascending, long-decurrent, lanceolate to narrow-ovate, acute to acuminate, subfalcate; other lvs smaller, subulate-lanceolate, appressed. Strobili solitary, terminal, 2.5-5 cm. long, ± stalked. Sporophylls closely imbricate, broadly ovate, narrowed to long, acute, spreading to recurved tips, margins ± toothed.
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
2n = 60
Taxonomic concepts
Diphasium decurrens (R.Br.) Holub
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Diphasium scariosum (G.Forst.) Rothm.
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Lycopodium decurrens R.Br.
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Lycopodium distans Colenso
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Lycopodium lessonianum A.Rich.
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Stachygynandrum scariosum (G.Forst.) P.Beauv.
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
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typification
Lectotype (selected by Nicolson & Fosberg 2003): New Zealand, Messrs Forster, BM 001048389!
Etymology
From the Latin scariosus (scarious, of thin, dry, membranous texture), a reference to the nature of the ventral leaves and sporophylls in this species.
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
5 March 2007