Palhinhaea maniculata (B.Øllg.) B. Øllgaard (2012b: 16)

Øllgaard, Benjamin, 2016, Additions, deletions and changes to the Ecuadorian Lycopodiaceae, Phytotaxa 246 (2), pp. 93-106 : 95-96

Palhinhaea maniculata (B.Øllg.) B. Øllgaard (2012b: 16) . Lycopodiella maniculata B. Øllgaard (2004: 37) .— Figure 2 .

Selected specimens examined:— ECUADOR: Napo: Road Tena–Baeza, km 52, 2000 m, Øllgaard 99013 ( AAU, QCA type collection), Road Tena–Baeza, km 28–29, Cordillera Huacamayos, 2230–2250 m, Øllgaard 99912 ( AAU, QCA). Road Baeza–Tena km 34, 2050 m, Øllgaard 98024 ( AAU, QCA). Morona-Santiago: Road Plan de Milagro–Gualaceo km 8.9, small road to antennas, 2300–2350 m, Øllgaard & Navarrete 2531 ( AAU, QCA, QCNE).

Notes:— This species differs most obviously from the other Palhinhaea species in Ecuador by the wide- and flat creeping horizontal shoots with small, hand-like, ascending ramifications. The other species have ± high-archinglooping horizontal shoots. This species is known from the Eastern slopes of the Andes in the provinces of Tungurahua, Morona-Santiago and Napo. It occurs mainly on open, moist, rocky, mossy banks along roads, at elev. 2000–2500 m. It has uncertain records in Venezuela and Colombia.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Palhinhaea maniculata. A. Erect aerial shoot, Øllgaard & Navarrete 2531 (AAU), B. Creeping horizontal shoot, Øllgaard 99912 (AAU).