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Tassel Fern

Phlegmariurus phlegmaria (L.) Holub

Description

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Stems up to 30 cm, pendulous, dichotomously branched. Foliage leaves narrowly lanceolate-acuminate, up to 3.3 × 0.4 cm, coriaceous. Fertile region of stem distinct. Sporophylls 1.2 × 1.5 mm, oblate, subequal in length to the sporangia.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Huperzia phlegmaria (L.) Rothm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=164450
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Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
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Petra Ballings
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Frequency

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Very rare
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Huperzia phlegmaria (L.) Rothm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=164450
author
Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
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Petra Ballings
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Worldwide distribution

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Widespread in tropical Africa and Asia.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Huperzia phlegmaria (L.) Rothm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=164450
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe