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|accepted_name=Phlegmariurus
|accepted_authority=Holub
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Preslia
|place=36: 17, 21. 1964
|year=1964
}}
|common_names=Hanging fir-moss
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Lycopodiaceae;Phlegmariurus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lycopodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Phlegmariurus]]</div></div>
|etymology=based on epithet of Lycopodium phlegmaria; Greek phlegma, flame, and oura, tail; in reference to the tasslelike fertile portions of the plant
|volume=Volume 2
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism habitat;whole_organism habitat;whole_organism orientation;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>epiphytic or terrestrial, pendent [erect].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="cortex orientation"><b>Roots </b>produced in distal parts of shoots, migrating downward in cortex to emerge in substrate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem orientation;stem presence"><b>Horizontal </b>stems absent [present].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="shoot arrangement or growth form;shoot shape;shoot architecture;shoot diameter"><b>Shoots </b>clustered, round in cross-section, dichotomously branching, 1.5–5 mm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf architecture;leaf orientation;leaf orientation;leaf shape;rank fusion;margin architecture or shape"><b>Leaves </b>not in distinct ranks [ranked], imbricate or not, monomorphic (or sporophylls sometimes differentiated), appressed, ascending to spreading, linear to subulate, margins mostly entire [denticulate].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="branchlet architecture;branchlet presence;gemma architecture;gemma presence"><b>Gemmiferous </b>branchlets and gemmae absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="sporangium shape;sporophyll prominence;sporophyll variability"><b>Sporangia </b>reniform, borne individually in axils of undifferentiated or slightly differentiated sporophylls [differentiated sporophylls in strobili].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="spore relief;spore architecture;angle shape;angle shape"><b>Spores </b>pitted to small-grooved, sides at equator convex and angles acute.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="gametophyte structure in adjective form;gametophyte architecture;humus location;hair architecture or arrangement"><b>Gametophytes </b>nonphotosynthetic, mycorrhizal, mainly growing buried in humus on trees, branched, paraphysate with uniseriate hairs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="">ring meristem absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="ring meristem presence;x chromosome quantity">x = 68.</span><!--

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|distribution=in tropical areas worldwide
|discussion=<p>As construed here, Phlegmariurus is very large and diverse. Many groups have been tentatively suggested in this genus (B. Øllgaard 1987). Some of these ultimately may be recognized as subgenera or even genera.</p><!--
--><p>Species over 300 (1 in the flora).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Phlegmariurus
|authority=Holub
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Lycopodiaceae
|distribution=in tropical areas worldwide
|reference=None
|publication title=Preslia
|publication year=1964
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V2/V2_660.xml
|genus=Phlegmariurus
|angle shape=acute;convex
|branchlet architecture=gemmiferous
|branchlet presence=absent
|cortex orientation=downward
|gametophyte architecture=branched
|gametophyte structure in adjective form=mycorrhizal
|gemma architecture=gemmiferous
|gemma presence=absent
|hair architecture or arrangement=uniseriate
|humus location=buried
|leaf architecture=monomorphic
|leaf arrangement=not;imbricate
|leaf orientation=ascending;spreading
|leaf shape=linear;subulate
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|rank fusion=distinct
|ring meristem presence=absent
|shoot architecture=branching
|shoot arrangement or growth form=clustered
|shoot diameter=1.5mm;5mm
|shoot shape=round
|sporangium shape=reniform
|spore architecture=small-grooved
|spore relief=pitted
|sporophyll prominence=undifferentiated
|sporophyll variability=differentiated
|stem orientation=horizontal
|stem presence=absent
|whole_organism growth form=plant
|whole_organism habitat=terrestrial;epiphytic
|whole_organism orientation=pendent
|x chromosome quantity=68
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