Lycopodiella andicola B.Øllg., Nordic J. Bot.

Øllgaard, Benjamin, Kessler, Michael & Smith, Alan R., 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. II. Lycopodiaceae, Phytotaxa 334 (3), pp. 255-294 : 262

Lycopodiella andicola B.Øllg., Nordic J. Bot. 23: 42. 2004. ( Fig. 3A )

= Lycopodium alopecuroides sensu auctt., not L.

Range: —Andes from Colombia to Bolivia (BE, LP, SC).

Ecology: —Fairly common; often a pioneer in disturbed ground, in humid and semideciduous forests, savannas, and grass pampas; 100–1500 m.

Notes: — Lycopodiella andicola differs from L. mathewsii (Hook.) Holub (Venezuelan Andes to northern Peru) by its smaller and more fragile stature. Lycopodiella mathewsii occurs at mid- to high-elevations, mainly on peaty and less rapidly drained soil, in low paramos and marshy places in the subparamo.

Figures

FIGURE 3. A, Lycopodiella andicola, growth habit (Beck 13265, AAU).—B, Palhinhaea steyermarkii, strobili showing sporangial cavities in strobilus axis (Renz 14254, Guyana, U).