13. Phlegmariurus mingcheensis Ching, Acta Bot. Yunnan. 4: 125. Ma. 1982.
闽浙马尾杉 min zhe ma wei shan
Huperzia mingcheensis (Ching) Holub; Lycopodium mingcheense Ching ["minchegense"]; Phlegmariurus mingcheensis (Ching) Li Bing Zhang (2004), not Ching (1982) ["minchegense"]; P. mingcheensis var. angustifolius C. Y. Ma; P. mingjoui X. C. Zhang, nom. illeg. superfl.
Lycophytes, medium-sized. Stems caespitose, mature branches erect or slightly pendulous, 1 to several times forked, 17-33 cm, stem together with leaves 1.5-2 cm wide at middle. Trophophylls sparse, not lustrous, lanceolate, 1.1-1.5 cm × 1.5-2.5 mm, papery, midrib distinct, base cuneate, decurrent, sessile, margin entire, apex acute. Strobili slightly thinner than sterile part, terminal on branches. Sporophylls lanceolate, 8-13 × ca. 0.8 mm, midrib distinct, base cuneate, margin entire, apex acute. Sporangia yellowish, reniform, vertically bisected.
● Epiphytic on tree trunks and cliffs in forests, or terrestrial; 100-1600 m. Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang.
In 1982, Ching twice described the same lycophyte species under the names Lycopodium mingcheense (Fl. Fujian. 1: 619. Apr 1982; the original "minchegense" spelling being a correctable error) and Phlegmariurus mingcheensis. Phlegmariurus mingcheensis cannot be taken as a combination based on L. mingcheense because in the original publication a different holotype was indicated and the name L. mingcheense was not mentioned. The correct names for this species in Huperzia, Lycopodium, and Phlegmariurus are Huperzia mingcheensis (Ching) Holub (basionym: Phlegmariurus mingcheensis), Lycopodium mingcheense Ching, and Phlegmariurus mingcheensis Ching, respectively. The lectotypification of the name Lycopodium mingcheense using P. S. Chiu 2069 (PE) by Xiang et al. (Taxon 52: 857-858. 2003) was redundant since this specimen was clearly indicated as the holotype in Chings original publication. The replacement name Phlegmariurus mingjoui (X. C. Zhang, Higher Pl. China 2: 20. 2008) is an illegitimate superfluous name (see Li Bing Zhang, Taxon 61: 665-666. 2012).
This species is similar to Phlegmariurus petiolatus, but its leaves are lanceolate (not elliptic-lanceolate) and sessile.
