Phlegmariurus nutans

Phlegmariurus nutans, synonym Huperzia nutans, known as wawaeʻiole or nodding clubmoss, is a species of club moss in the family Lycopodiaceae. It is endemic to wet forests and cliffside shrublands on the islands of Oahu and Kauai in Hawaii.[3] It is threatened by habitat loss.

Phlegmariurus nutans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Lycopodiales
Family: Lycopodiaceae
Genus: Phlegmariurus
Species:
P. nutans
Binomial name
Phlegmariurus nutans
(Brack.) W.H.Wagner[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Huperzia nutans (Brack.) Rothm.
  • Lycopodium nutans Brack.
  • Urostachys nutans (Brack.) Herter ex Nessel

References
  1. Bruegmann, M.M. & Caraway, V. 2003. Phlegmariurus nutans. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 23 August 2007.
  2. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (August 2019). "Phlegmariurus nutans". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. 8.10. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  3. "Wawaeʻiole Huperzia nutans" (PDF). Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy. Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2009-10-30.


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