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Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.

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Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 87 (1786)
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. 1985: A revised classification of New Zealand pteridophytes with a synonymic checklist of species. New Zealand Journal of Botany 23(3): 431–489.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Brownsey, P.J.; Smith-Dodsworth, J.C. (2000)

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G.Forst.
G.Forst.
Forster, J.G.A. 1786: Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus. Dietrich, Göttingen.
1786
87
ICN
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
species
Lycopodium scariosum
From the Latin scariosus (scarious, of thin, dry, membranous texture), a reference to the nature of the ventral leaves and sporophylls in this species.
Lectotype (selected by Nicolson & Fosberg 2003): New Zealand, Messrs Forster, BM 001048389!

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Lycopodiopsida
Lycopodiales
Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodium
scariosum

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

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.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.

2n = 60

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Diphasium decurrens (R.Br.) Holub
Diphasium decurrens (R.Br.) Holub
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. (1985)
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Diphasium scariosum (G.Forst.) Rothm.
Diphasium scariosum (G.Forst.) Rothm.
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. (1985)
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Lycopodium decurrens R.Br.
Lycopodium decurrens R.Br.
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. (1985)
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Lycopodium distans Colenso
Lycopodium distans Colenso
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. (1985)
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Lycopodium lessonianum A.Rich.
Lycopodium lessonianum A.Rich.
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. (1985)
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. (1985)
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Lycopodium L.
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
Stachygynandrum scariosum (G.Forst.) P.Beauv.
Stachygynandrum scariosum (G.Forst.) P.Beauv.
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. (1985)
Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.

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Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
New Zealand
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Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
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Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
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Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
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Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
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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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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
5 March 2007
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