| Abstract: | After the genus Phlegmariurus (Herter)Holub was proposed by J. Holub 1964,
the repercussions are different, with some botanists accepting it, while others refusing. We
take it as a separate genus since the related species from China are distinctly different from
those of Huperzia Bernh. The plants of this genus in China are classified into three sections:
Sect. Huperzioides H. S. Kung et L. B. Zhang, sect. nov.; Sect. Carinaturus (Herter)H.
S. Kung et L. B. Zhang, comb. nov. and Sect. Phlegmariurus. A key to sections is given.
The taxonomy on the new section, Sect. Huperzioides, is presented. Thirteen species are reported in China, involving 4 new combinations: Ph. petiolatus (Clarke)H. S. Kung et L. B.
Zhang, Ph. cryptomerianus (Maxim.)Ching, Ph. ovatifolius (Ching)W. M. Chu, Ph.
nylamensis (Ching et S. K. Wu)H. S. Kung et L. B. Zhang; and 7 names are considered for
the first time as synonyms: Huperzia formosana Holub = Ph. taiwanensis Ching ], H.
austrosinica Ching = Ph. petiolatus ], Lycopodium mingchgense Ching = Ph.
mincheensis Ching ], Ph. mincheensis var. angustifolius C. Y. Ma = Ph. mincheensis ],
Ph. longyangensis C. Y. Ma = Ph. fordii ], Ph. nanus C. Y. Ma ＝ Ph. fordii ], Ph.
yandongensis Ching et C. F. Zhang ＝ Ph.fordii]. One new record in China is found: Ph.hamiltonii. |
