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2. Phlegmariurus sect. Huperzioides H. S. Kung & Li Bing Zhang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 37: 42. 1999.

拟石杉马尾杉组 ni shi shan ma wei shan zu

Mature branches suberect; branches and leaves flat or nearly flat. Leaves not imbricate, flat abaxially. Sporophylls homomorphic with trophophylls or gradually smaller toward rachis apex. Strobili not linear.

About 100 species: tropics and subtropics; 14 species (six endemic) in China.


1 Plants robust, up to 1 m tall; leaves lanceolate, thinly leathery, angled straight with rachis or angled slightly upward.   17 P. squarrosus
+ Plants relatively thin, much shorter than 1 m; leaves of various shapes, textures, and pointing in various directions; strobili not columniform and thin, or without distinct strobili; sporophylls sparse   (2)
       
2 (1) Stems 10-15 cm; leaves narrowly lanceolate, without stipes, sharp at apex.   16 P. nylamensis
+ Stems normally more than 20 cm; leaves linear to ovate, with or without stipes   (3)
       
3 (2) Leaves linear   (4)
+ Leaves lanceolate to ovate   (6)
       
4 (3) Plants 60-75 cm; leaves ca. 1.2 cm ?2 mm.   6 P. cunninghamioides
+ Plants 15-50 cm; leaves 0.8-1.1 cm ?0.5-1.5 mm   (5)
       
5 (4) Leaves ascending and amplexicaul; branches plus leaves ca. 6 mm wide; stems 15-50 cm, main stems ca. 4 mm in diam..   4 P. pulcherrimus
+ Leaves only slightly ascending and not amplexicaul; branches plus leaves ca. 10 mm wide; stems 10-25 cm, main stems 1-2 mm in diam..   5 P. taiwanensis
       
6 (3) Leaves ovate, subcordate at base; leaves at middle of plants ca. 7 ?5 mm, large.   15 P. ovatifolius
+ Leaves elliptic-lanceolate or lanceolate, not cordate at base   (7)
       
7 (6) Leaves lanceolate, without stipes, sharp at apex; leaves at middle of plants normally 1.5-2 mm wide   (8)
+ Leaves elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, with or without stipes, acuminate, acute, or obtuse toward apex; leaves at middle of plants normally over 2 mm wide or smaller but with stipes   (9)
       
8 (7) Leaves papery, sparse, midrib not raised abaxially.   13 P. mingcheensis
+ Leaves thinly leathery, denser, midrib raised abaxially.   14 P. cryptomerianus
       
9 (7) Leaves (at least leaves near bases of plants) amplexicaul, elliptic-lanceolate, without stipes, not lustrous.   12 P. fordii
+ Leaves angled straight or upward, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, with distinct or indistinct stipes, lustrous or not lustrous   (10)
       
10 (9) Leaves elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, with obvious stipes, lustrous   (11)
+ Mature leaves without clear stipes, lustrous or not lustrous   (12)
       
11 (10) Leaves elliptic-lanceolate; leaves at middle of plants normally narrower than 2 mm wide.   7 P. petiolatus
+ Leaves elliptic (obtuse at apex); leaves at middle of plants more than 2.5-4 mm wide.   8 P. austrosinicus
       
12 (10) Leaves elliptic, straight or slightly angled upward, not lustrous.   11 P. henryi
+ Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, much or slightly angled upward, lustrous   (13)
       
13 (12) Leaves obtuse at apex, more than 6 mm wide.   9 P. hamiltonii
+ Leaves sharp at apex, 3-4 mm wide.   10 P. shangsiensis

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