Huperzia herteriana (Kumm.) T.Sen & U.Sen

Species

Pteridophytes > Lycopodiales > Lycopodiaceae > Huperzioideae > Huperzia

Characteristics

Plants terrestrial. Stem erect or ascending, 4-19 cm, 1.5-2.5 mm in diam. at middle, together with leaves 1-1.5 cm wide, 2-4 times dichotomously branched, upper portion with bulbils. Leaves dense, reflexed, lustrous, oblanceolate, not conspicuously contracted toward base, falcate, 5-9 × < 1 mm, thinly leathery, both surfaces glabrous, midrib indistinct, base cuneate, decurrent, sessile, margin straight and not crispate, upper portion with erose small teeth or entire, apex acute or acuminate. Sporophylls homomorphic with trophophylls; sporangia visible on both sides of sporophylls, yellowish, reniform.
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Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Distribution

Huperzia herteriana world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17556580-1
WFO ID wfo-0001125387
COL ID 6MFKX
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Synonyms

Urostachys herterianus Huperzia obscure-denticulata Huperzia multidichotoma Huperzia maerhkangensis Lycopodium herterianum Urostachys sikkimemsis Huperzia herteriana Huperzia kamaensis