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Lycopodium nudum

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Identification
Lycopodium nudum L. [family LYCOPODIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Psilotum nudum (L.) P.Beauv. [family PSILOTACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Psilotum nudum
  • Lycopodium nudum

Flora

Entry for Psilotum nudum (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois [family PSILOTACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 2,
Names
Psilotum nudum (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois [family PSILOTACEAE], Prodr. Aethéogam., 106, 112. 1805
Lycopodium nudum Linnaeus [family LYCOPODIACEAE], Sp. Pl., 2: 1100. 1753
Information
Aerial shoots to 50 cm, 4 mm diam. at base. Appendages 0.7--2.5 mm (sterile), 1--1.5 mm (fertile). Synangia yellowish to greenish yellow, 2--3 mm wide.
Altitude range
0--50 m (1100 m in Ariz.)
Distribution
MexicoWest Indies in the AntillesCentral AmericaSouth Americatropical Asiatropical Africa.USA Ala.USA Ariz.USA Fla.USA Ga.USA La.USA Miss.USA S.C.USA Tex.
Discussion
Reports of Psilotum nudum in New Mexico and in west Texas remain unverified. A wide range of chromosome numbers on material outside the flora has been reported for this species: n =ca.46--56, 104, 210. Most counts, however, are based on n =52 (reviewed in P.J. Brownsey and J.D. Lovis 1987). No count is available from North American material.
Psilotum nudum occurs as a minor weed in greenhouses. Many horticultural forms---including one without appendages and with terminal synangia (A.S. Rouffa 1971)---are grown, especially in Japan.

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