Species

Huperzia staudtii (Nessel) Pic.Serm.

Synonyms	Urostachys staudtii Nessel Lycopodium staudtii (Nessel) Adam & Alston Urostachys adolfi-friederici Nessel
Common name
Description	Stems simple or dichotomously branched, suberect but drooping at apex, 35–70 cm long. Leaves lanceolate in outline, 8–20 x 2–3 mm, broadest near base, pointed at the apex, rounded at base to point of attachment, subcoriaceous, shiny, overlapping, spreading ± at right-angles; costa ± apparent. Fertile area strobiliform, very clearly demarcated from foliage, (3–)9–23 x 0.3–0.4 cm, unbranched or 1–3 times dichotomously branched. Sporophylls ovate, (2–)3–4 x 1.5–2 mm, acute to a rather blunt apex, coriaceous, distinctly longer than the sporangia. Sporangia rounded kidney-shaped, ± 1.5 mm wide, flattened.
Notes
Derivation	staudtii: named after Alois Staudt, German botanist and plant collector.
Habitat	Moist evergreen forest.
Distribution worldwide	See African distribution.
Distribution in Africa	Angola , Cameroon , Central African Republic , Gabon , Ghana , Ivory Coast , Nigeria , Uganda .
Growth form	Epiphytic.
Literature	Roux, J.P. (2009) Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Strelitzia 23, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Pages 15 - 16. Tardieu-Blot, M.-L. (1964) Ptéridophytes vol.3.Flore du Cameroun, Page 14. Thardieu-Blot, M.L. (1964) Ptéridophytes vol.8.Flore du Gabon, Page 9. Vercourt, B. (2005) Lycopodiaceae.Flora of Tropical East Africa, Pages 10 - 11.