Huperzia miyoshiana

(Makino) Ching

Acta Bot. Yunnan. 3(3): 303, 304. 1981.

Common names: Pacific fir-moss lycopode de Miyoshi
Basionym: Lycopodium miyoshianum Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 12: 36. 1898
Synonyms: Lycopodium selago subsp. miyoshianum (Makino) Calder & Roy L. Taylor Lycopodium selago var. miyoshianum (Makino) Makino Lycopodium tenuifolium Herter Urostachys miyoshiana (Makino) Nessel
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Shoots erect, determinate, 12–18(–25) cm, clustered to long-decumbent, to 8 cm; leaves in mature portion smaller than leaves in juvenile portion; annual constrictions absent; juvenile growth sharply down-curled forming ± 1/2 circle, leaves at tip appressed to form pointed apex. Leaves in juvenile (proximal) portion spreading-reflexed (shade) to appressed-ascending (sun), in mature (distal) portion spreading-ascending (shade) to appressed-ascending (sun), light green to yellow, lustrous; leaves in juvenile portion narrowly lanceolate, parallel-sided, 4.5–7 mm; leaves in mature portion triangular, widest at base, 3.5–5.5 mm; margins entire; stomates present on both surfaces, numerous, 35–80 per 1/2 leaf on adaxial surface. Gemmiferous branchlets produced in 2–3 pseudowhorls at end of annual growth; gemmae 3.5–5 × 3–4 mm, lateral leaves 1.25–1.75 mm wide, acute with acuminate tip. Spores 25–34 µm.


Habitat: On rock or terrestrial on moss-covered boulders in talus slopes, cliffs, near waterfalls, marshes in conifer forest
Elevation: 0–1600(–1800) m

Distribution

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B.C., Nfld., Alaska, Wash., Asia in Japan, Korea, Siberia.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Huperzia miyoshiana"
Warren H. Wagner Jr. +  and Joseph M. Beitel +
(Makino) Ching +
Lycopodium miyoshianum +
Pacific fir-moss +  and lycopode de Miyoshi +
B.C. +, Nfld. +, Alaska +, Wash. +, Asia in Japan +, Korea +  and Siberia. +
0–1600(–1800) m +
On rock or terrestrial on moss-covered boulders in talus slopes, cliffs, near waterfalls, marshes in conifer forest +
Acta Bot. Yunnan. +
Lycopodium selago subsp. miyoshianum +, Lycopodium selago var. miyoshianum +, Lycopodium tenuifolium +  and Urostachys miyoshiana +
Huperzia miyoshiana +
Huperzia +
species +