Lycopodiella cernua (L.) Pic. Serm.

 
  • Family : LYCOPODIACEAE
    (The Club Moss Family)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : LYCOPODIACEAE
  • Basionym : Lycopodium cernuum L.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lycopodiella cernua (L.) Pic. Serm.
  • Habit : Herb-Epiphytic
  • Habitat : Along roadsides at 2200 m.
  • Comments / notes : Common throughout, from sea level to higher elevations. Often found on road cuttings.
  • Fertile : May-September
  • Collector(s) Name : F.M Jarret & C.J Saldanha; Raja K. Swamy & Noel Sebastian
  • Collection Date : 22/09/1970; 24-11-2018
  • Collection Nos : 17061; HJCB-1768
  • Collection Locality : above Moir point, Kodaikkanal; Devikulam, Idukki district, Kerala
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikamagalur district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu district, Shimoga district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Idukki district
    • Odisha : Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Koraput district
    • Tamil Nadu : Yercaud Hills (Salem district)
  • Native : Caribbean, North America, Oceania
  • World Distribution : Tropics of both the hemispheres.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Rajagopal & Bhat, Pteridophytic flora of Karnataka State- 1998
    • H.O. Saxena and M. Brahmam. 1989. The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • H.O. Saxena and M. Brahmam. 1996. The Flora of Orissa, Vol-4
    • : Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. 2008. Taxonomic revision of Indian subcontinental Pteridophytes
    • Herbarium specimen from Devikulam, Idukki district, Kerala (not scanned)
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lycopodiella cernua. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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