Phlegmariurus taxifolius

Note: This species was previously identified as Phlegmariurus cuernavacensis, but this name was kindly corrected to P. taxifolius by Benjamin Øllgaard (see comments below).

: P. taxifolius – habit

: P. taxifolius – collection

: P. taxifolius – stem base

: P. taxifolius – basal sprouts

: P. taxifolius – forked stem

: P. taxifolius – stem detail

: P. taxifolius – sterile apex

: P. taxifolius – apex detail

6 Comments

wtesto on April 18, 2014 at 11:02 pm

Beautiful plant, Fernando. It’s a little hard to tell from the photos if this is P. cuernavacensis or P. taxifolius, though most of the P. cuernavacensis specimens I have seen tend to have more appressed leaves.

Did you guys get silica material of this?

Fernando Matos on April 19, 2014 at 5:59 pm

Thanks, Wes! I got silica of P. linifolius and P. taxifolius for you. I also got some Lycopodium clavatum and Palhinhaea cernua (in case you want to use them as outgroups…). I believe that Michael got the other ones (i.e., P. myrsinites, P. pringlei, and that Huperzia). You should receive them by mail soon.
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- Fernando Matos on April 19, 2014 at 6:21 pm
  
  And a duplicate of every collection is also going to VT.
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Benjamin Øllgaard on April 19, 2014 at 9:23 am

Dear Fernando, beautiful photos!! Your plants are Phlegmariurus taxifolius because the leaves are in alternating whorls of 3-4, and their lamina twisted to a vertical position at the leaf base, so the stem is easy to see. In P cuernavacensis the leaves are usually in whorls of 5 (or 6) and usually not twisted to vertical, usually concealing the stem, and appressed as Wes notes.