Phlegmariurus squarrosus
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Family Lycopodiaceae
Taxonomy: Phlegmariurus squarrosus (G.Forst.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Huperzia squarrosa (G.Forst.) Trevis. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Lycopodium squarrosum G.Forst. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Lycopodium squarrosum G.Forst. f. squarrosum (nomenclatural synonym)
- Lycopodium squarrosum f. hippuroides Alderw. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Lycopodium hippuris Desv. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (10), SPRAT_2025_2 (5), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 16 traits from 23 records in 5 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 15 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): deltate (1); lanceolate (1); strap-shaped (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): acute (1); attenuate (1); cuneate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): imbricate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1); lycophyte (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): epiphyte (2); lithophyte (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; SPRAT_2025_2]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
- storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 8 | 10 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| ABRS_2022 | 5 | 5 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| SPRAT_2025_2 | 4 | 5 | F. D. of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water. Species Profile and Threats Database. 2025. url: https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |