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Huperzia ophioglossoides
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| Synonyms: |
Lycopodium longifolium (P.Beauv.) Sw. Lycopodium ophioglossoides Lam. Urostachys ophioglossoides (Lam.) Herter ex Nessel |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Stems pendulous, repeatedly dichotomously branched. Foliage leaves 10-20 × 1-2 mm, loosely overlapping, standing out from the branches, narrowly lanceolate, apex tapering, firmly herbaceous. Fertile portion of the stem clearly recognizable. Sporophylls 1.5 × 1 mm, distinctly smaller than the foliage leaves, broadly ovate. |
| Notes: | H. ophioglossoides has a narrow and long fertile portion with sporophylls that are much smaller than the foliage leaves. |
| Derivation of specific name: | ophioglossoides: like Ophioglossum, the fertile portion of the stem resembling the fertile spike of Ophioglossum. |
| Habitat: | Deep shade in moist evergreen forests. |
| Altitude range: | 1200 - 1800 m |
| Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, tropical Africa. Also Madagascar, Comoro and the Mascarene Islands. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
| Growth form(s): | Epiphyte, lithophyte. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 21 February 2009 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Page 16. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (1993). An annotated check-list of the pteridophytes of Malawi Kirkia 14(1) Page 80. Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 34. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 32. Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011). Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature Pages 36 - 37. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 12. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 26. As Lycopodium ophioglossoides Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 137 - 138. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 7. Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 19. (Includes a picture). Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 14. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Pages 18 - 20. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 79. |
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