Lycopodiaceae
Huperzia

Huperzia saururus (Lam.) Trevis.

First published in Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. 17: 249 (1874 publ. 1875)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ascension, St. Helena, Cameroon to Ethiopia and S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Peru to Subantarctic Islands. It grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Ascension, Bolivia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Comoros, Crozet Is., Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, Kerguelen, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Marion-Prince Edward, Northern Provinces, Peru, Prince Edward I., Rwanda, Réunion, St.Helena, Tanzania, Tristan da Cunha, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Roux, J.P. (2016). The Lycopods and Ferns of Drakensberg and Lesotho: 1-384. Briza academic books, Pretoria, South Africa.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Huperzia saururus.]

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2013 Cheek, M. [13093] Cameroon K000745984 No
Wood, G.H.S. [197] Uganda Lycopodium saururus K:SPC-18917.000 No
Carlquist, S. [2793] Kenya Lycopodium saururus K001635450 Yes
Garrett, E.C. [6987] Costa Rica Lycopodium saururus K001636433 No
Burchell, W.J. [197] Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha Lycopodium axillare K000298196 Type Yes

Sources

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0