Index to
Ferns and Lycophytes of Japan

Family: Lycopodiaceae ヒカゲノカズラ科 > Genus: Lycopodium L. ヒカゲノカズラ属
GreenList Taxon ID: 14

Accepted name

Lycopodium nikoense (Franch. et Sav.) Franch. et Sav. ex Nakaike

タカネヒカゲノカズラ

Basionym and homotypic synonym(s)

Lycopodium alpinum L. var. nikoense Franch. et Sav., Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 613, 1878. BHL
Lycopodium sitchense Rupr. var. nikoense (Franch. et Sav.) Takeda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23(275): 221, Figs. 9-10, 1909. BHL Tropicos
Lycopodium sabinaefolium Willd. subvar. nikoense (Franch. et Sav.) Koidz., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40(474): 330, 1926. Link
Diphasiastrum nikoense (Franch. et Sav.) Holub, Preslia 47(2): 108, 1975. Tropicos
Diphasiastrum sitchense (Rupr.) Holub subsp. nikoense (Franch. et Sav.) Á.Löve et D.Löve, Taxon 25(2-3): 324, 1977. Link Tropicos
Lycopodium nikoense (Franch. et Sav.) Franch. et Sav. ex Nakaike, Ill. Pterid. Jap. 6: 72, 1990, based on Lycopodium nikoense Franch. et Sav., nom. nud., Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 198, 1877.

Type information in the protologue:
Savatier 2413 (Nippon in tractu Niko)
Digitized type material:
Herbarium & Reg. No. Type status Collector & No. Locality Coll. date
P00522982Holotype or IsotypeSavatier 2413Nippon, in alpe Nikô1873-8
P00522983Holotype or IsotypeSavatier 2413Nippon, in alpe Nikô1873-8

Information on ploidy level and reproductive mode

Chromosome number Ploidy level Reproductive mode Locality Remarks Reference
n=232xMt.Kurohimeyama, Nagano Pref.Takamiya & Kurita 1983 (Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 34: 66-79)
n=342xSigakogen, Nagano Pref.Mehra & Verma 1957 (Curr. Sci. 26: 55-56)
2n=462xMt.Daisetsusan, Hokkaido Pref.Löve & Löve 1976 (Taxon 25: 484-487)
2n=462xMt.Muineyama, Hokkaido Pref.; Mt.Iwakisan, Aomori Pref.; Mt.Shiranesan, Gunma Pref.; Mt.Kurohimeyama, Nagano Pref.; Mt.Tateyama, Toyama Pref.; Yakushima Isl., Kagoshima Pref.Takamiya 1992 (Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 105: 573-588)