Species

Synonyms	Lycopodium dacrydioides Baker var. brachystachys Baker Urostachys brachystachys (Baker) Herter ex Nessel Lycopodium brachystachys (Baker) Alston
Common name
Description	Stem curved and pendent from a horizontal base, about 70 cm long, dichotomously branched. Leaves densely imbricate, appressed, 5-7 x 1.5 mm, apex rounded, flat, dark green, leathery, with indistinct costa. Sporophylles shorter than but resembling the sterile leaves, 5 x 1.5 mm.
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Derivation
Habitat	Epiphyte to almost 3000 m.
Distribution worldwide	See African distribution.
Distribution in Africa	Cameroon , Equatorial Guinea (incl. Bioko), Guinea , Ivory Coast , Liberia , Nigeria , Sierra Leone .
Growth form	Epiphytic.
Literature	Roux, J.P. (2009) Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Strelitzia 23, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Page 12. Tardieu-Blot, M.-L. (1964) Ptéridophytes vol.3.Flore du Cameroun, Pages 11 - 12. As Lycopodium brachystachys (Baker) Alston.

Huperzia brachystachya (Baker) Pic.Serm.