Huperzia kunmingensis Ching

Species

Pteridophytes > Lycopodiales > Lycopodiaceae > Huperzioideae > Huperzia

Characteristics

Plants terrestrial. Stem erect or ascending, 4-17 cm, 1.5-2 mm in diam. at middle, together with leaves ca. 1 cm wide, 2-4 times dichotomously branched, upper portion often with bulbils. Leaves dense or sparse, obliquely angled upward, nearly flat abaxially, not lustrous, narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, conspicuously contracted toward base, straight, 4-9 × 1.1-1.5 mm, thinly papery, both surfaces glabrous, midrib slightly raised abaxially, indistinct adaxially, base cuneate, decurrent, sessile, margin straight and not crispate, upper portion often with sparse small teeth or subentire, apex acuminate. Sporophylls homomorphic with trophophylls; sporangia slightly visible from outside of sporophylls, yellowish, reniform.
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Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

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Distribution

Huperzia kunmingensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17502200-1
WFO ID wfo-0001125390
COL ID 6MFBG
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Synonyms

Huperzia kunmingensis