Phlegmariurus dichotomus
Novon 3: 305. 1992.
Common names: Hanging fir-moss
Basionym: Lycopodium dichotomum Jacquin Enum. Stirp. Vindob., 314. 1762
Synonyms: Huperzia dichotoma (Jacquin) Trevisan
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2. Treatment on page 20.
Shoots pendent, 1–3-forked, clustered at base, 10–30 cm, long-lived. Roots densely covered with fine grayish uniseriate hairs, to 1 mm. Leaves spreading to ascending, 15–20 × 0.5–12 mm, very gradually narrowed from base to long-attenuate apex; margins entire. Fertile leaves reduced, 7–12 × 0.2–0.5 mm. Sporangia 2–3 times width of subtending leaf.
Habitat: Epiphytic on trunks and branches of trees in tropical and subtropical regions.
Distribution
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Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America
Discussion
In the flora, Phlegmariurus dichotomus is known only from Big Cypress Swamp, Florida.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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long-attenuate +
gemmiferous +
absent +
unbranched +
Hanging fir-moss +
emergent +
downward +
branched +
subterranean +
photosynthetic +
surficial +
mycorrhizal +
gemmiferous +
abscising +
absent +
uniseriate +
grayish +
buried +
Present +
upright +
absent +
reduced +
monomorphic +
remote;dense +
appressed +
dimorphic +
spreading;ascending +
fertile +
narrowed +
basal +
modified +
appressed +
Novon +
1992 +
distinct +
absent +
emerging +
branching +
clustered +
long-lived +
pendent +
1-3-forked +
10cm;30cm +
thick-walled +
2-3 times width of subtending leaf +
small-grooved +
undifferentiated +
differentiated +
protostelic +
horizontal +
absent +
subterranean +
aggregated +
photosynthetic +
reduced +
small-grooved +
subterranean +
Phlegmariurus dichotomus +
Phlegmariurus +
species +
terrestrial +
pendent +