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Aloha,
Leland
--- ExoticRainforest
wrote:
> This message just came back from Dr. Moran,
>
> Dear Steve,
>
> You are correct: the basionym is Lycopodium
> nummulariifolium Blume. I suggest using Huperzia
> because that is being done by most pteridologists
> these days. Huperzia differs from the other
> Lycopodium segregates most conspicuously by its
> equally forked branches.
>
> Best wishes,
> Robbin
>
> Robbin C. Moran
> The New York Botanical Garden
> 200th Street & Southern Blvd.
> Bronx, NY 10458-5126 U.S.A.
>
>
> So it would appear that to science, the correct
> basionym (base name) is Lycopodium nummulariifolium
> Blume.
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>
> When I went back to check the name Huperzia
> nummulariifolia as provided by Dr. Moran I ran into
> a series of blockades. I again checked both
> TROPICOS and the International Plant Names Index and
> could not completely verify that name. As a result,
> I've forwarded a second message which I've attached.
> Hopefully I will soon be able to resolve this and
> be able to accurately post a new page with the
> correct identification and scientific information.
> Since Dr. Moran is a recognized authority I
> certainly will follow his lead. But for the sake of
> accuracy I always at least attempt to track down the
> base name.
>
> This is my follow up message:
>
>
> Dr. Moran, I am unable to locate anything with this
> exact spelling on TROPICOS as
> Huperzia nummulariifolia (Blume) Chambers, Jeremy &
> Crabbe. I can only locate Lycopodium
> nummularifolium Blume as a basionym.
>
> However, on the IPNI I found this. It too appears
> to indicate the basionym is Lycopodium
> nummulariifolium Blume:
> Lycopodiaceae Huperzia nummulariifolia ( Blume )
> Jermy in T.Chambers , Jermy & Crabbe
> Brit. Fern Gaz. 10: 176. 1971. 1971
> basionym: Lycopodium nummulariifolium Blume
> basionym: Lycopodium nummulariifolium Blume Blume
> Is it possible the basionym is truly Lycopodium
> nummulariifolium Blume? I do everything possible to
> verify every name I publish and certainly would not
> wish to cause any embarrassment if I get this wrong.
> If there is more recent data can you point me to a
> source?
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Steve Lucas
> www.ExoticRainforest.com
>
>
> Dear Steve,
>
> I agree that the plant on your web site is correctly
> identified as Huperzia phlegmaria. The one in the
> attached images you sent is H. nummulariifolia
> (Blume) Chambers, Jermy & Crabbe. Its wide elliptic
> leaves, appressed to the stem, are unique within the
> genus, as far as I know. Both are Old World species,
> and my expertise is primarily on New World tropical
> ferns, so I don't have any interesting stories to
> tell you about them--sorry! I do, however, have two
> books that might help you in the future with
> information for your web site. One is about fern
> cultivation: Fern Grower's Manual (with first author
> Barabara Joe Hoshizaki) and the other is A Natural
> History of Ferns (Timber Press, 2004). The latter is
> a popular (i.e., non-technical) book about ferns and
> lycophytes. It is not an identification guide, but
> tells about what ferns are doing in nature. Many of
> the things you mention on your web page for H.
> phlegmaria are also discussed in that book.
>
> Good luck with your web site!
>
> Best wishes,
> Robbin
>
> Robbin C. Moran, Ph.D.
> Curator of Ferns
> The New York Botanical Garden
> 200th Street & Southern Blvd.
> Bronx, NY 10458-5126 U.S.A.
>
> phone: 718-817-8663
> fax: 718-817-8648
>
>
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