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Huperzia miyoshiana (Makino) Ching

Species

Pteridophytes > Lycopodiales > Lycopodiaceae > Huperzioideae > Huperzia

Characteristics

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 X 3--4 mm, lateral leaves 1.25--1.75 mm wide, acute with acuminate tip. Spores 25--34 µm.
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Plants terrestrial. Stem erect or ascending, 10-18 cm, 1.5-2.5 mm in diam. at middle, together with leaves 0.7-0.9 cm wide, 2-4 times dichotomously branched, upper portion often with bulbils. Leaves dense, slightly angled upward or attached at right angles with stem, or slightly reflexed, lustrous, linear-subulate, not contracted toward base, widest at base, straight, 4-6 mm, ca. 0.8 mm wide at base, papery, both surfaces glabrous, midrib indistinct, base truncate, decurrent, sessile, margin entire, straight and not crispate, apex acuminate. Sporophylls homomorphic with trophophylls; sporangia visible on both sides of sporophylls, yellowish, reniform.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

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Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Huperzia miyoshiana world distribution map, present in Canada, China, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1195197-2
WFO ID wfo-0001116191
COL ID 6MGVW
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Synonyms

Lycopodium miyoshianum Urostachys miyoshianus Lycopodium tenuifolium Huperzia miyoshiana Lycopodium selago var. miyoshianum Lycopodium selago subsp. miyoshianum Lycopodium selago var. chinense Lycopodium miyoshianum var. coreanum Urostachys miyoshiana var. coreanus Huperzia miyoshiana var. coreana Huperzia selago var. miyoshianus Huperzia chinensis subsp. miyoshiana
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