Phlegmariurus hypogaeus (B.Øllg.) B.Øllg., Phytotaxa

Øllgaard, Benjamin, Kessler, Michael & Smith, Alan R., 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. II. Lycopodiaceae, Phytotaxa 334 (3), pp. 255-294 : 277

Phlegmariurus hypogaeus (B.Øllg.) B.Øllg., Phytotaxa 57: 16. 2012 . ( Fig. 14B )

= Huperzia hypogaea B.Øllg., Fl. Ecuador 33: 58. 1988.

Range: —Andes from Colombia to Bolivia (LP).

Ecology: —Rare in humid grasslands, in Bolivia known from a single collection (Solomon & Chevalier 16571, AAU, LPB, MO, UC); 4100 m.

Notes: —A close relative of P. crassus ; the Bolivian specimen studied is placed here mainly due to the subterranean horizontal shoot.

Figures

FIGURE 14. A, Phlegmariurus eversus, growth habit, A1, close-up of sporangiate division (Holm-Nielsen 5644, Ecuador, AAU), A2, close-up of sporangiate division (Holmgren 674, Ecuador, S).—B, Phlegmariurus hypogaeus, growth habit, B1, close-up of sporangiate division (Holm-Nielsen et al. 5343, Ecuador, AAU).—C, Phlegmariurus reflexus, growth habit, C1, close-up of sporangiate division (Holm-Nielsen et al. 3873, Ecuador, AAU), C2, close-up of sporangiate division (Holm-Nielsen et al. 207, Ecuador, AAU).