following Øllgaard, B. 1987: Opera Botanica 92: 153-178.
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Lycopodium cernuum subsp.
Determiner:
J. Florence
Identification date:
1992-05-20 (Verbatim: 20 May 1992)
Preferred name:
Lycopodiella cernua (L.) Pic.Serm.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Society Islands, Tahiti, near Mount Marau
Verbatim locality:
Society Islands, Tahiti, near Mt Marau
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 445/FP
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
20 May 1992
Start date:
1992-05-20
Country:
French Polynesia
Altitudes:
from 1300m to 1450m
Habitat:
Ridge top, by Dicranopteris stands, and amongst shrubs.
Notes:
Rhizomatous plant. Stems stiff and wiry, creeping and scrambling amongst low vegetation. Leaves forward pointing, deep green. Fairly common. The high altitude representative of Lycopodium cernuum.