Phlegmariurus pinifolius (Trevis.) Kiew, 2018

Kiew, Ruth & Kamin, Imin, 2018, Two new Phlegmariurus species (Lycopodiaceae) and one new combination from Peninsular Malaysia, PhytoKeys 96, pp. 99-110 : 107

Phlegmariurus pinifolius (Trevis.) Kiew comb. nov.

Basionym.

Huperzia pinifolia Trevis., Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. 17: 247. 1874 ≡ Lycopodium pinifolium Blume, Enum. Pl. Javae. 2: 264 (1828), non Kaulf. (1824).

Type.

Java. Without collector, number, date or precise locality (lectotype here selected: L!, electronic image with barcode L 0057375).

Description.

Medium-sized epiphyte, tufted with 2-4(-6) stems. Stems pendulous, 10-20(-50) cm long, ca. 1.5 mm diam., branching dichotomously 2-3(-4) times, branches equal. Leaves crowded, at right angles to stem, sessile, glossy, mid-green, thinly coriaceous, narrowly lanceolate, 6-8 × 1-1.7 mm, slightly narrowed at base, margin entire, slightly revolute, apex narrowed to a sharp point, glabrous, midrib obscure above, faint beneath. Sporophylls smaller, dissimilar to leaves, transition to strobilus abrupt. Strobili light green, 2-9 cm long, slender, 1-1.5 mm diam., branched at base to form a pair of straight branches, sometimes further branched once or twice. Sporophylls crowded, not arranged in 4 rows, sessile, green, base broadly ovate and partially covering the sporangium, narrowed abruptly above the sporangium to a short point, ca. 1.5 × 0.7 mm, margin entire, keeled outside. Sporangium discoid, ca. 1 mm diam.

Distribution.

Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Java, Borneo (Sabah and Sarawak), the Philippines, Indonesia (Sumatra to New Guinea). Hassler (2018) also records it from Sri Lanka, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands. In Peninsular Malaysia, collected from Penang, Perak, Kelantan and Pahang.

Provisional conservation status.

Least Concern.

Ecology.

Not common, in upper hill dipterocarp to lower montane forest, in light shade, on trees on hill sides at 800-1250 m altitude.

Etymology.

Latin, - folius = leaf; referring to the similarity to leaves of Pinus .