Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.

Species

Pteridophytes > Lycopodiales > Lycopodiaceae > Lycopodioideae > Lycopodium

Characteristics

Main stems trailing or scandent, to 5 m long, wiry, branched, terete, with scattered appressed subpeltate attenuated scale leaves, 3.5–5 mm long. Branchlets scattered, spreading, flattened into 1 plane, much-branched. Leaves trimorphic, yellowish green, rarely orange; lateral leaves in 2 alternate to opposite rows, ovate-lanceolate, falcate, attenuate, adnate, 3–4 mm long, to 1 mm wide; upper leaves in 2 alternate to opposite rows, scale-like, appressed, 1–2 mm long, c. 0.2 mm wide; lower leaves in 1 row, very scattered, appressed, scale-like, to 1 mm long, obscure.
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Main stems scandent, branched, up to 5 m. long, wiry, flexuose, with scattered minute appressed lvs. Lvs dimorphic. Lateral lvs flattened, subdistichous, spreading, 3-5 mm. long, lanceolate with broad decurrent base, ascending, falcate, acuminate, midrib evident; other lvs minute, linear, appressed. Strobili 2-10 cm. long, terminal on paniculate branchlets. Sporophylls small, broad-ovate, abruptly narrowed to subulate tip.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination hydrogamy
Spread anemochory
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Root diameter (meter) 0.4
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

In Queensland, reported as scrambling and climbing over shrubs in open situations.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material social use
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Cultivation

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Images

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Distribution

Lycopodium volubile world distribution map, present in Australia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:132940-3
WFO ID wfo-0001109016
COL ID 4NW67
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 671168
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Synonyms

Lycopodium volubile Pseudodiphasium volubile