Phlegmariurus acerosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lycopodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Lycopodiophyta Classis: Lycopodiopsida Subclassis: Lycopodiidae Ordo: Lycopodiales

Familia: Lycopodiaceae
Subfamilia: Huperzioideae
Genus: Phlegmariurus
Species: Phlegmariurus acerosus

Name

Phlegmariurus acerosus (Sw.) B.Øllg., Rodriguésia 63(2): 480. 2012.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Lycopodium acerosum Sw., Fl. Ind. occ. 3: 1575. 1806.
• Homotypic
  • Huperzia acerosa (Sw.) Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 20: 70. 1985.
  • Urostachys acerosus (Sw.) Herter ex Nessel, Arch. Bot. Sao Paulo 1(4): 399, t. 18. 1927.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Trinidad-Tobago (Trinidad). Regional: Northern South America Venezuela (Aragua, Falcon, Tachira). Regional: Western South America Bolivia (La Paz), Colombia (Cesar), Ecuador. Regional: Brazil Brazil Northeast (Bahia), Brazil South (Paraná, Santa Catarina), Brazil Southeast (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Øllgaard, B. 2012. Nomenclatural changes in Brazilian Lycopodiaceae / Mudanças nomenclaturais em Lycopodiaceae do Brasil. Rodriguesia 63(2): 479–482. DOI: 10.1590/S2175-78602012000200020 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. & Schmitt, B. 2019. World Ferns. Checklist of the Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 7.71 – March 2019. Accessed 11 May 2019.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Phlegmariurus acerosus – World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World . In: Roskov Y., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J. & Penev L. (eds.) 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 11.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Phlegmariurus acerosus. Published online. Accessed: May 11 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Phlegmariurus acerosus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 11. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Phlegmariurus acerosus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 May 2019.
• USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile

Vernacular names

English: Puerto Rico clubmoss