Huperzia sutchueniana (Herter) Ching

Species

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Characteristics

Plants terrestrial. Stem erect or ascending, 8-15(-18) cm, 1.2-3 mm in diam. at middle, together with leaves 1.5-1.7 cm wide, 2 or 3 times dichotomously branched, upper portion often with bulbils. Leaves dense, attached at right angles with stem, angled upward, or slightly reflexed, not lustrous, lanceolate, slightly contracted toward base, straight or falcate, 5-10 × 0.8-1 mm, leathery, both surfaces glabrous, midrib indistinct, base cuneate or subtruncate, decurrent, sessile, margin straight and not crispate, 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 sutchueniana world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17512290-1
WFO ID wfo-0001125394
COL ID 6MGXJ
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Synonyms

Lycopodium sutchuenianum Urostachys sutchuenianus Huperzia sutchueniana Huperzia minimadenta Lycopodium serratum var. alpestre