Species

Huperzia phlegmaria (L.) Rothm.

Photo: BT. Wursten
Mozambique

Synonyms	Lycopodium phlegmaria L. Urostachys phlegmaria (L.) Herter
Common name
Description	Stems up to 45 cm, pendulous, dichotomously branched. Foliage leaves narrowly lanceolate in outline, apex tapering to a point, up to (0.9-)3.3 × 0.4 cm, base narrowed or rounded then strongly narrowed at extreme base, coriaceous, loosely overlapping, somewhat spreading at right angles to stem. Fertile region of stem distinct, 3-13(-24) x 0.15-0.2 cm, 1-3 times dichotomously forked. Sporophylls 1.5-2 × 1.5 mm, ovate in outline, only partly covering the sporangia and usually very slightly longer than them. Sporangia c. 1.3 mm wide.
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Derivation
Habitat	Deep shade in evergreen forest, Uapaca guinensis-Schefflera secondary forest, intermediate rain forest, riverine forest.
Distribution worldwide	Africa, Comoro and Mascarene islands, Madagascar, tropical Asia extending to australia and New Zealand.
Distribution in Africa	Cameroon , Equatorial Guinea (incl. Bioko), Gabon , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Malawi , Mozambique , Sierra Leone , Tanzania , Uganda , Zimbabwe .
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 15. Roux, J.P. (2001) Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta.Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report, 13 Page 19. Not recorded for Zimbabwe Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970) Pteridophyta.Flora Zambesiaca, 0 Page 20. Recorded for Malawi only Tardieu-Blot, M.-L. (1964) Ptéridophytes vol.3.Flore du Cameroun, Pages 15 - 16. Thardieu-Blot, M.L. (1964) Ptéridophytes vol.8.Flore du Gabon, Pages 9 - 10. Vercourt, B. (2005) Lycopodiaceae.Flora of Tropical East Africa, Pages 9 - 10.