Huperzia phyllantha (Hook. & Walker-Arnott) Holub

 
  • Family : LYCOPODIACEAE
    (THE CLUB MOSS FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : LYCOPODIACEAE
  • Basionym : Lycopodium phyllanthum Hook. & Arn.
  • Synonym(s) : Lycopodium macrostachys Spring
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Not Found in The Plant List
  • Habit : Herb-Epiphytic
  • Comments / notes : Occasional as an epiphyte in damp hills along shaded stream banks above 1200 m.
  • Collector(s) Name : F. M. Jarrett & C. J. Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 10/09/1970
  • Collection Nos : HFP 745
  • Collection Locality : Hassan District
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Hassan district, Kodagu district, Mysore district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district
    • Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district)
  • Native : India
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Fraser-Jenkins, Taxonomic revision of Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes 2008; Rajagopal, P.K. & Bhat, K.G. (2016). Pteridophytes of Karnataka State, India. Vinayaka Prakashana Publishers; Manickam, V.S., & Irudayaraj, V. (1992). Pteriodophyte Flora of the Western Ghats - South India. B.I.Publications Pvt. Ltd.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Huperzia phyllantha. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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