| Synonyms: |
Lycopodium staudtii (Nessel) Adam & Alston Urostachys adolfi-friederici Nessel Urostachys staudtii Nessel |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Stems simple or dichotomously branched, suberect but drooping at apex, 35–70 cm long. Leaves lanceolate in outline, 8–20 x 2–3 mm, broadest near base, pointed at the apex, rounded at base to point of attachment, subcoriaceous, shiny, overlapping, spreading ± at right-angles; costa ± apparent. Fertile area strobiliform, very clearly demarcated from foliage, (3–)9–23 x 0.3–0.4 cm, unbranched or 1–3 times dichotomously branched. Sporophylls ovate, (2–)3–4 x 1.5–2 mm, acute to a rather blunt apex, coriaceous, distinctly longer than the sporangia. Sporangia rounded kidney-shaped, ± 1.5 mm wide, flattened. |
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| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | staudtii: named after Alois Staudt, German botanist and plant collector. |
| Habitat: | Moist evergreen forest. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Uganda and Angola. |
| Growth form(s): | Epiphyte. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22 SANBI, Pretoria Page 210. |