Huperzia kangdingensis (Ching) Ching

Species

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Characteristics

Plants terrestrial. Stem erect or ascending, up to 27 cm, ca. 3 mm in diam. at middle, together with leaves 1.7-2.2 cm wide, 2 or 3 times dichotomously branched, upper portion often with bulbils. Leaves very reflexed or slightly reflexed, lustrous, linear-lanceolate, not contracted toward base, falcate, 8-15 × 0.5-0.9 mm, leathery, both surfaces glabrous, midrib indistinct abaxially, slightly raised adaxially and distinct, base subtruncate, decurrent, sessile, margin straight and not crispate, upper portion sparsely toothed, apex acuminate; teeth small, acute. 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) 6-10

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Distribution

Huperzia kangdingensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17512210-1
WFO ID wfo-0001125380
COL ID 6MFC2
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Synonyms

Lycopodium kangdingense Huperzia kangdingensis Huperzia tahkuanensis