A New Combination for a North American Lycopod

1 Pages·1993·0.38 MB·English

by  Warren H Wagner

A New Combination for a North American Lycopod
W a rren H. Wagner, Jr.
Department of Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, U.S.A.
ABSTRACT. The new combination Phlegmariurus Flora of North America range. In North America,
dichotomus (Jacquin) W. H. Wagner is needed fol¬ it occurs only in Florida. Because this species has
lowing recent revision of Lycopodium sensu lato, not been transferred to Phlegmariurus, the follow¬
based on morphological and cytoiogical characters. ing combination is made:
The generic classification of Lycopodium sens, Phlegmariurus dichotomus (Jacquin) W. H.
lat. has recently been revised on the basis of nu¬ Wagner, comb. nov. Basionym: Lycopodium
merous morphological and cytoiogical characters dichotomum Jacquin, Enum. Stirp. Vindob.
(Wagner & Beitel 1992, and references therein). 314. 1762. Huperzia dichotoma (Jacquin)
All of the most primitive species, usually called fir- Trevisan, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. 17: 248.
mosses, have been placed in Huperzia, a genus that 1874. TYPE: Jacq., Hort. Bot. Vindob. 3: t.
is mainly temperate and arctic, terrestrial, and pos¬ 45. 1776 (holotype, BM).
sesses highly specialized gemmae. In these char¬
acteristics, Huperzia differs from the mainly trop¬ Literature Cited
ical, epiphytic, nongemmiferous species assigned to Wagner, W. H., Jr. & J. M. Beitel. 1992. Generic
the genus Phlegmariurus (Herter) Holub. Only a classification of modern North American Lycopodi-
single member of Phlegmariurus is recorded in the aceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Card. 79: 676-686.
Novon 3: 305. 1993.