Huperzia miyoshiana

(Makino) Ching

Acta Bot. Yunnan. 3(3): 303, 304. 1981.

Common names: Pacific fir-moss lycopode de Miyoshi
Basionym: Lycopodium miyoshianum Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 12: 36. 1898
Synonyms: Lycopodium selago subsp. miyoshianum (Makino) Calder & Roy L. Taylor Lycopodium selago var. miyoshianum (Makino) Makino Lycopodium tenuifolium Herter Urostachys miyoshiana (Makino) Nessel
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

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 × 3–4 mm, lateral leaves 1.25–1.75 mm wide, acute with acuminate tip. Spores 25–34 µm.


Habitat: On rock or terrestrial on moss-covered boulders in talus slopes, cliffs, near waterfalls, marshes in conifer forest
Elevation: 0–1600(–1800) m

Distribution

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B.C., Nfld., Alaska, Wash., Asia in Japan, Korea, Siberia

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Huperzia miyoshiana"
pointed +
Warren H. Wagner Jr. +  and Joseph M. Beitel +
(Makino) Ching +
Lycopodium miyoshianum +
Pacific fir-moss +  and lycopode de Miyoshi +
B.C. +, Nfld. +, Alaska +, Wash. +, Asia in Japan +, Korea +  and Siberia +
0–1600(–1800) m +
linear;elliptic +
photosynthetic +
articulate +  and gemmiferous +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
according-to-seasonal +
down-curled +
On rock or terrestrial on moss-covered boulders in talus slopes, cliffs, near waterfalls, marshes in conifer forest +
1.25mm +  and 1.75mm +
pseudomonopodial +, dichotomous +, branching +, branched +  and simple +
flat +  and round +
parallel-sided +
not imbricate +
light green;yellow +
remote;dense +
mature +  and juvenile +
ascending;spreading +
flattened +, lanceolate +  and oblanceolate +
smaller +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
aerial +  and subterranean +
mature +  and juvenile +
spreading-ascending +  and appressed-ascending +
triangular +  and lanceolate +
Acta Bot. Yunnan. +
distinct +
emerging +
18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
determinate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
clustered +  and long-decumbent +
concave +
plectostelic +  and actino +
axillary +  and adaxial +
protostelic +
subterranean +
35 +  and 80 +
stalked +  and sessile +
modified +  and unmodified +
photosynthetic +
small-grooved +
subterranean +
reticulate +, rugulate +  and pitted +
Lycopodium selago subsp. miyoshianum +, Lycopodium selago var. miyoshianum +, Lycopodium tenuifolium +  and Urostachys miyoshiana +
Huperzia miyoshiana +
Huperzia +
species +
acuminate +
on rock +  and terrestrial +
erect +  and decumbent +