Huperzia chinensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lycopodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Lycopodiophyta Classis: Lycopodiopsida Subclassis: Lycopodiidae Ordo: Lycopodiales

Familia: Lycopodiaceae
Subfamilia: Huperzioideae
Genus: Huperzia
Species: Huperzia chinensis

Name

Huperzia chinensis (Christ) Ching, Acta Bot. Yunnan. 3(3): 304 (1981).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Lycopodium chinense Christ ex Baroni & Christ, Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. s. 4 (1): 1011, t. 3, f. 4 (1897).
• Homotypic
  • Urostachys chinense (Christ) Herter ex Nessel, Bärlappgewächse 27, Abb. 4, f. 2 (1939).
  • Lycopodium selago var. chinense (Christ) Ohwi, Fl. Jap. Pterid. 24 (1965). nom. illeg., non Lycopodium selago subsp. chinense (Christ) Hultén
  • Lycopodium selago subsp. chinense (Christ) Hulten
  • Huperzia selago subsp. chinensis (Christ) A.Löve & D.Löve
• Heterotypic
  • Huperzia takingensis Ching, Acta Bot. Yunnan. 3(3): 300 (1981).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central (Hubei, Sichuan), China North-Central (Shaanxi) Note: Given by Hassler & Schmitt 2019 also from China (Hubei), Siberia (E-Siberia), Japan, Russian Far East (Amur, Ussuri), ?Vietnam; according to Flora of China the Russian and Japanese records belong to Huperzia miyoshiana Source(s) of checklist:  Flora of China 2/3: 14–15 References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Zhang, L.-B. & Iwatsuki, K. 2013. Lycopodiaceae. Pp. 14–15 in Wu, Zh.Y. , Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.-Y. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 2–3: Lycopodiaceae through Polypodiaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 978-1-935641-11-7. efloras PDFReference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. & Schmitt, B. 2019. World Ferns. Checklist of the Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 7.71 – March 2019. Accessed 16 May 2019.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Huperzia chinensis – World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World . In: Roskov Y., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J. & Penev L. (eds.) 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 16.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Huperzia chinensis. Published online. Accessed: May 16 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Huperzia chinensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 16. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Huperzia chinensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 May 2019.
• USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile

Vernacular names

English: Chinese clubmoss
中文: 中华石杉