[Aroid-l] Fw: Epiphytes. And I may be nuts!

From: lbmkjm at yahoo.com (brian lee) on 2008.06.03 at 04:51:50(17707) Dear Steve, Aloha. According to TROPICOS, the correct name is, Huperzia phlegmaria(L.) Rothm. but this is for the acuminate scaled plant in your photo. You also have a Huperzia nummularifolia ( I am less sure about the species spelling) in your photos, which are the rounded overlapping scaled, plant in your photos. Now, you are always quick to state that something is incorrect if it differs from TROPICOS. TROPICOS is only as current as the data input. Then there are the professional differences of opinion among botanists. From what I have read of the later pteridologists, many of them follow the revision of Lycopodiaceae of Ollgaard, 1987. In that treatment, the genus, Lycopodium has a horizontal rhizome. In the genus, Huperzia, this characteristic is absent and the stems originate in clusters from a common point...like both of your plants. There are fertile characters to key out, but, this one character is diagnostic...if you accept Ollgaard's revision. Like I always say, taxonomy and botany are processes. Authors express their opinion and peers review and accept or reject their findings. Aloha, Leland +More --- ExoticRainforest wrote: > According to TROPICOS the basionym is Huperzia > phlegmaria (L.) Rothm. and the other names are > synonyms. You can check it and if I read this > incorrectly I'll make a correction. > > http://www.tropicos.org/Name/26603438 > > Steve > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Windy Aubrey > To: Discussion of aroids > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 3:55 PM > Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Fw: Epiphytes. And I may be > nuts! > > > Hi Steve and Leland, > > This is Huperzia phlegmaria, not H. > nummularifolia. > H.nummularifolia has scales that are rounder, and > lay down a bit more that > H. phlegmaria. Kind of similar, but definitely a > different species. > > Windy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "brian lee" > To: "Discussion of aroids" > > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 9:32 AM > Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Fw: Epiphytes. And I may be > nuts! > > > > Dear Steve, > > > > Aloha. > > > > From your small photo, your species looks like > > Huperzia nummilarifolia... This is looking at a > > sterile plant...but, it is a distinctive > species. > > > > Aloha, > > > > Leland > > > > --- ExoticRainforest > > > wrote: > > > >> Thanks Windy. I'm already enjoying it more > than I > >> can say. And I had another kind soul tell me > today > >> Lycopodiums were club mosses so I've spent much > of > >> the day reading about club moss. I can't find > an > >> accurate scientific name for the intertwined > species > >> I have now posted a sharper image of on the > page. > >> If any of you have a good idea, please forward > it to > >> me! > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> Steve Lucas > >> > >> > >> > >> Well, Steve you don't have to die to go to > heaven, > >> because you are in heaven now! Absolutely > >> beautiful!!!! > >> Look forward to watching it grow, so please > keep > >> sharing images of the progress. > >> Windy > >> > >> PS: Lycopodium is a club moss. > >> > > _______________________________________________ > >> Aroid-L mailing list > >> Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > >> > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > >> > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Aroid-L mailing list > > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > > > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l >

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