Biology:Phlegmariurus varius

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Short description: Species of spore-bearing plant

Phlegmariurus varius
Huperzia varia 11.JPG
In Upper Hutt beech forest, New Zealand
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Lycopodiales
Family: Lycopodiaceae
Genus: Phlegmariurus
Species:
P. varius
Binomial name
Phlegmariurus varius
(R.Br.) A.R.Field & Bostock[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Huperzia billardieri (Spring) Trevis.
  • Holub (R.Br.) Trevis.
  • Desv. Lycopodium phlegmaria
  • Lycopodium billardierei A.Cunn.
  • Huperzia novae-zelandica Spring
  • R.Br. Lycopodium selago var. varium
  • Lycopodium flagellaria (R.Br.) C.Moore & Betche
  • Huperzia desvauxii (Colenso) Holub
  • A.Rich. (Spring) Herter ex Nessel
  • Urostachys varius Lycopodium novae-zelandicum
  • (R.Br.) Herter ex Nessel Huperzia varia
  • Colenso Urostachys billardieri
  • Lycopodium varium Lycopodium pachystachyum

Phlegmariurus varius, is a fir moss or club moss in the family Lycopodiaceae found in areas of Australia , New Zealand and associated islands. It has a number of synonyms including Huperzia varia.[1]

Phlegmariurus varius can grow on the ground and as a lithophyte or epiphyte. It can have one or many branches that are spirally arranged with slender leaves that narrow to a point. The plant varies from green to green-yellow and is sometimes orange in appearance.[2] A recent article provides morphological and genetic evidence to separate Phlegmariurus billardierei, the only species of Lycopodiaceae endemic to New Zealand, from P. varius.[3]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hassler, Michael; Schmitt, Bernd (August 2019), "Phlegmariurus varius", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.10, https://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu/ferns/, retrieved 2019-10-15 
  2. "Phlegmariurus varius | New Zealand Plant Conservation Network". http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=2156. 
  3. Perrie, Leon R.; Shepherd, Lara D.; Field, Ashley R.; Brownsey, Patrick J. (2019-10-02). "Morphological and genetic evidence for the separation of Phlegmariurus billardierei from P. varius (Lycopodiaceae)". New Zealand Journal of Botany 58 (2): 118–128. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2019.1668438. ISSN 0028-825X. 

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