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Lycopodium sieboldii Miquel, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 184. 1867; Huperzia sieboldii (Miquel) Holub; Urostachys sieboldii (Miquel) Herter ex Nessel.

Lycophytes, medium-sized. Stems caespitose, mature branches pendulous, 1 to several times forked, 30-45 cm, stem together with leaves cordlike, 2-5 mm wide at middle. Leaves twisted and forming 2 rows. Trophophylls dense, adnate to branches, slightly incurved, lustrous, elliptic, less than 5 mm, ca. 3 mm wide, midrib indistinct, hard, raised abaxially, base cuneate, decurrent, sessile, margin entire, apex subacute. Strobili terminal on branches, 1.5-2.5 mm in diam. Sporophylls ovate, midrib indistinct, base cuneate, margin entire, apex blunt without mucro. Sporangia visible from outside of sporophylls, yellowish, reniform, vertically bisected.

Epiphytic on tree trunks in forests; 400-1400 m. Taiwan [Japan, Korea].

Phlegmariurus sieboldii has elliptic trophophylls and apically blunt sporophylls.