Phlegmariurus eversus (Poir.) 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 eversus (Poir.) B.Øllg., Phytotaxa 57: 15. 2012. ( Fig. 14A )

= Lycopodium eversum Poir., Encycl., Suppl. 3: 556. 1813 [1814].

= Lycopodium ecuadoricum Herter, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43(Beibl. 98): 48. 1909.

= Huperzia ecuadorica (Herter) Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 20: 72. 1985.

= Huperzia eversa (Poir.) B.Øllg., Fl. Ecuador 33: 28. 1988.

Range: — Costa Rica and Panama; Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia (CO, LP).

Ecology: —Common; terrestrial, as a pioneer on landslides, road banks, and other open, moist habitats in upper montane forests; 2700–3400 m, 2000–3600 m elsewhere.

Notes: — Phlegmariurus eversus resembles P.reflexus , but differs by usually forming densely branched individuals, and by shorter and relatively wider leaves, which are usually strongly recurved, and usually fewer in each whorl. The shoots appear much more slender. It usually occurs at higher elevation than P. reflexus .

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).