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Checklist » Lycopodiaceae » Lycopodium alpinum × Lycopodium sitchense

Lycopodium alpinum L. × Lycopodium sitchense Rupr. [H&C]
Lycopodiaceae
hybrid clubmoss

Origin: Native

Voucher:WTU (view specimen records)

Notes: FNA2: "The hybrid Diphasiastrum alpinum X sitchense is very rare. It is known from Greenland, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. Specimens of D . sitchense from Greenland, Newfoundland, and Washington cited by J. H. Wilce (1965) are actually this hybrid."

Literature:
» Wilce, J. H. 1965. Section Complanata of the genus Lycopodium. Beih. Nova Hedwigia 19: 1-233.

Photo © Ben Legler
(from WTU Image Collection)

Taxon treatment authored by Peter F. Zika; last updated 3/5/2009 by David Giblin
Synonyms
Diphasiastrum alpinum (L.) Holub × Diphasiastrum sitchense (Ruprecht) Holub   [FNA2]




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