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1. Huperzia sect. Huperzia

小杉兰组 xiao shan lan zu

Urostachys Herter.

Leaves entire on margin.

About 25 species: America, Asia, and Europe; 14 species (nine endemic) in China.


1 Base of leaves obviously broadest part of leaf   (2)
+ Base of leaves narrower than broadest part of leaf or ?equal in width   (6)
       
2 (1) Branches together with leaves 1.7-2 cm wide; leaves subulate, ca. 10 mm, falcate, reflexed at base.   5 H. bucahwangensis
+ Branches together with leaves 0.5-1.4 cm wide; leaves lanceolate, linear, or subulate, 4-6 mm, straight or falcate, not reflexed at base   (3)
       
3 (2) Leaves falcate, linear, up to 6 mm, ca. 0.8 mm wide at base.   4 H. nanchuanensis
+ Leaves straight, lanceolate or subulate   (4)
       
4 (3) Leaves sparse, lanceolate, ca. 1.2 mm wide at base, angled upward.   1 H. chinensis
+ Leaves dense, linear-subulate or linear-triangular, 0.8-1 mm wide at base, variously angled   (5)
       
5 (4) Leaves linear-subulate, ca. 0.8 mm wide at base, papery; longer and shorter leaves mixed on stem.   2 H. miyoshiana
+ Leaves linear-triangular, ca. 1 mm wide at base, leathery; longer and shorter leaves in zones on stem.   3 H. muscicola
       
6 (1) Plants shorter than 10 cm, leaves shorter than 2-5(-6) mm; or plants up to 17 cm tall but leaves 1-2.2 mm   (7)
+ Plants 7-25 cm tall, longest leaves ca. 8 mm or longer   (10)
       
7 (6) Leaves flat and straight on margin, even so abaxially, acuminate or acute toward apex   (8)
+ Leaves involute on margin, vaulted abaxially, acuminate toward apex   (9)
       
8 (7) Plants smaller than 10 cm, leaves 2-5(-6) mm, ascending, acute toward apex.   6 H. tibetica
+ Plants up to 17 cm tall, but leaves only 1-2.2 mm, reflexed, acuminate toward apex.   7 H. rubicaulis
       
9 (7) Leaves ascending and amplexicaul, ca. 1 mm wide.   8 H. appressa
+ Leaves slightly reflexed, 0.5-0.7 mm wide.   9 H. somae
       
10 (6) Plants up to 25 cm tall; leaves narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, 1.5-1.8 mm wide, acute toward apex, papery.   14 H. selago
+ Plants relatively small; leaves lanceolate or linear, narrower than 1.2(-1.4) mm, acuminate toward apex, thinly leathery or papery   (11)
       
11 (10) Leaves papery, variously angled   (12)
+ Leaves thinly leathery or papery, reflexed, descending, or ascending   (13)
       
12 (11) Leaves lanceolate, ca. 1 mm wide.   10 H. laipoensis
+ Leaves linear to subulate, obviously narrower than 1 mm.   11 H. emeiensis
       
13 (11) Leaves subleathery, reflexed or slightly descending.   12 H. quasipolytrichoides
+ Leaves papery, ascending.   13 H. medogensis

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