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2. Lycopodium carinatum Desv. ex Poir.wfo-0001125301

in Lamk., Enc. Suppl. 3(2): 555. 1814; Christ, Bot. Tidsskr. 24: 113. 1901; Alston in Fl. Indo-Chine 7(2): 550. 1951; Tagawa & K.Iwats., S.E. Asian Stud. 5: 27. 1967.

Accepted Name : Huperzia carinata (Desv. ex Poir.) Trevis.
Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. 17: 247. 1874.

Description : Stems pendulous, to more than 50 cm long, dichotomously branching a few times, 2–3 mm in diameter near base. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, subulate at apex, narrowing towards the base, sessile to 1.3 cm long, 1.3 mm broad, entire, adpressed or nearly so; veins indistinct; texture chartaceouscs. Sporophylls lightly different from the trophophylls, oblong subdeltoid, to 5 mm long, 1.5 mm broad, placed only on the apical portion or sometimes downwards to middle portion, not forming distinct cones.

Thailand : SOUTH-EASTERN: Chon Buri (Si Racha, Hup Bon Hills), Chanthaburi (Taruang), Trat (Ko Chang); PENINSULAR: Ranong (Khao Thalu, Muang Laen, Thung Kha), Surat Thani (Ko Samui), Phangnga, Nakhon Si Thammarat (Khao Luang).

Distribution : Malesia (type from 'India orientalis') and Polynesia, north to S China, Indochina, Taiwan and S Ryukyus.

Ecology : Epiphytic on mossy tree-trunk in dense evergreen forests up to 900 m alt.

Vernacular : Hang nu (หางหนู), hang pia chek (หางเปียเจ๊ก), soi nari (สร้อยนารี)(Southeastern).

Notes: Thai collections may prove to be var. laxum (Presl) Christ in Reinecke, Bot. Jahrb. 23: 365. 1896, though we are not sure at present about varietal segregation.