Phlegmariurus vanuatuensis (Huperzioideae, Lycopodiaceae) a new species from Vanuatu, re-circumscription of P. nummulariifolius and new combinations in Phlegmariurus
Author
Field, Ashley Raymond
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PhytoKeys
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.109.29359
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.109.29359
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Phlegmariurus copelandianus (R. C.-Y. Chou & Bartlett) A.R.Field
comb. nov.
≡
Lycopodium copelandianum
R. C.-Y. Chou & Bartlett, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 74: 369 (1947).
Huperzia copelandiana
(R.C.-Y. Chou & Bartlett) Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 26(1): 92 (1991).
Lycopodium petiolatum
Copel., Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 14: 377 (1929) [non
Herter 1909
].
Type.
Berastagi Karoland, Sumatra, 1-5 Feb 1926,
H.H.Bartlett 6575
(holotype: UC349249!; isotype: MICH1287188*).
Etymology.
Named in honour of American botanist Edwin Bingham Copeland (1873-1964).
Note.
Phlegmariurus copelandianus
is a rare species that is endemic to Indonesia where it is an epiphyte in montane rainforest. It was placed in the group of the New Guinea endemic
P. macgregorii
(Copel.) A.R.Field & Bostock by
Ollgaard
(1989)
, but does not appear to have a close relative and has not yet been placed in molecular phylogenetic analyses. It is unique among
Phlegmariurus
in having minute, distinctly petiolate, almost spoon like leaves with a cupped apex and reflexed lateral margins.