| Citation |
Srisanga, P., Suksathan, P., & Suddee, S. (2018). Field Guide to the Vascular Plants along Nature Trails on the Summit of Doi Inthanon National Park, Thailand. ACB Field Guide Series No. 4 (Fernando, E.S., Barrer, S.B. & Pollisco Jr., F.A, editors). ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity & the Japan – ASEAN Integration Fund. Los Baños, Philippines. 327p. |
Description |
Terrestrial. Stems long, slender, subterranean, or prostrate along the ground, up to 1.5 m long, sparsely covered with microphyll leaves, 0.9–1 cm in diam.; lateral branchs erect, 20–25 cm tall, 3–5 times forked. Leaves stiff, microphyllous, light green to yellowish, spirally arranged, dense, lanceolate, 4–6 × 1 mm, with transparent hairs, midrib visible on both surfaces, base cuneate, sessile, apex tapered to a fine hair-like white point, margin entire. Strobili (spore cones) erect, cylindric, 35–45 × 4 mm, 2–6 together on a long peduncle of up to 15 cm long; sporophylls broadly ovate, 1.5 × 1.3 mm, with long acuminate apex, margin membranous and erose; sporangia slightly exposed.
Habitat and ecology Common in open, sunny slopes between 1,700–2,500 m elevation.
Geographic distribution China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, and North and South America.
Authors: Thitiporn Pingyot, Januarie Kulis, Heng Sovanna, Saksan Kaitongsuk, Fulgent Coritico & Piyakaset Suksathan
Reference: Zhang, L. B. & Iwatsuki, K. 2013. Lycopodiaceae. In: C. Y. Wu, P. H. Raven & D. Y. Hong (eds.), Flora of China 2-3: 13–34. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. |
