Phlegmariurus bradeorum (Christ) B. Øllgaard (2012b: 12)

Øllgaard, Benjamin & Testo, Weston, 2021, The Lycopodiaceae of Panamá, Phytotaxa 526 (1), pp. 1-66 : 11

. ­­­ Phlegmariurus bradeorum (Christ) B. Øllgaard (2012b: 12) . Fig. 3

Lycopodium bradeorum Christ (1910: 20) .— Urostachys bradeorum (Christ) Nessel (1939: 154) .— Huperzia bradeorum (Christ) Holub (1985: 71) . TYPE:— COSTA RICA: La Palma, 1400 m, Brade & Brade 282 (S, UC).

Lycopodium brauseanum Herter (1912: 165) .— Urostachys brauseanus (Herter) Herter (1923:162) .— Huperzia brauseana (Herter) Rolleri & Deferrari (1988: 155) . Type— VENEZUELA: Isla Margarita in San Juan Mt., 600 m elev., Johnston 156 p. p. (B, holotype; GH, US isotypes).

Erect or ascending, densely and spreadingly branched, to 18 cm tall. Shoots homophyllous, 15–20 mm in diam. incl. leaves. Stems excl. leaves 1.5–2 mm thick at the base. Leaves borne in alternating, irregular whorls of 3–4, these 1.5–2 mm apart, patent-spreading to ascending, straight to slightly recurved, not twisted at the base, linear-lanceolate, widest at or above the middle, with a narrowed petiole-like lamina base, with short-acute to obtuse apex, 7–11 × 1–1.2 (–1.5) mm, subcoriaceous, abaxially with prominent, decurrent vein, adaxially flat or slightly convex, with revolute, smooth margins. Leaf bases, especially in basal divisions with widening and prominently decurrent margins and vein. Sporangia ca. 2 mm wide.

­­­ Distribution:— Guatemala to Panamá.

Habitats:—Epiphytic, 1000–1500 m elev.

Specimens­­­ examined:—Chiriquí: El Boquete, 1000–1500 m, Cornman 1317 ( US). El Boquete, 1000–1500 m, Cornman 1220 (UC, US). Boquete distr., Fortuna dam site, 1200 m, van der Werff & van Hardeveld 6596 (MO). Potrero de Pitty, al sur del sitio de presa en Fortuna, Mendoza et al. 212 (PMA)