Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana (L.) Holub
Descripción
Horizontal branches appressed to the soil, rooting along their length; stems (excl. leaves) ca. 1 mm diam.; leaves somewhat dimorphic, the upperside ones linear, more or less appressed, entire, 3–4 mm long, the lateral ones somewhat appressed to the substrate, the underside ones lanceolate, spreading, 4–5 mm long, entire; peduncles 20–30 cm long, with appressed leaves, these distant in pseudowhorls of 3, 3–4 mm long, entire; strobili erect, 2–6 cm X 5–8 mm (incl. spreading sporophylls), sporophylls 1⁄6–1⁄8 the branch length, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, entire, ca. 3 mm long; 2n=70, 140 (USA), 78 (Europe).A
Forma de vida
TerrestreA
Ejemplar revisado
(Related to the synonym Lycopodiella caroliniana)
Tab (Cowan et al. 2233, MEXU, NY; Orozco, S. et al. 2233, MO).A
Tab (Cowan et al. 2233, MEXU, NY; Orozco, S. et al. 2233, MO).A
Elevación
0 – 50 mA
Ecología y Hábitat
Wet meadows, ditches.A
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
(In relation to the synonym Lycopodiella caroliniana) This species is distinct by the flattened terrestrial stems and sparse leaves of the peduncles. Material of this species from tropical America is usually placed in var. meridionalis.A