temperate firmosses
Huperzia
Huperzia is a genus of lycophyte plants, sometimes known as the firmosses or fir clubmosses; the Flora of North America calls them gemma fir-mosses. This genus was originally included in the related genus Lycopodium, from which it differs in having undifferentiated sporangial leaves, and the sporangia not formed into apical cones. The common name firmoss, used for some of the north temperate species, refers to their superficial resemblance to branches of fir (Abies), a conifer. As of 2020, two very different circumscriptions of the genus were in use. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), Huperzia is one of three genera in the subfamily Huperzioideae of the family Lycopodiaceae. Most species in the subfamily are placed in the genus Phlegmariurus. Huperzia is left with about 25 species, although not all have been formally transferred to other genera. Other sources recognize only Huperzia, which then has about 340 species.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
shining firmoss
speciesHuperzia lucidula
northern firmoss
speciesHuperzia selago
mountain firmoss
speciesHuperzia appressa
Alpine firmoss
speciesHuperzia continentalis
Chinese clubmoss
speciesHuperzia miyoshiana
Huperzia javanica
speciesHuperzia javanica
Arctic firmoss
speciesHuperzia arctica
Toothed clubmoss
speciesHuperzia serrata
Huperzia australiana
speciesHuperzia australiana
Pacific clubmoss
speciesHuperzia occidentalis
rock firmoss
speciesHuperzia porophila
Oriental clubmoss
speciesHuperzia somae
Appalachian clubmoss
speciesHuperzia appalachiana
Huperzia quasipolytrichoides
speciesHuperzia quasipolytrichoides
Azorean Clubmoss
speciesHuperzia suberecta
toothed firmoss
speciesHuperzia erosa
Huperzia liangshanica
speciesHuperzia liangshanica
Huperzia erubescens
speciesHuperzia erubescens
Huperzia herteriana
speciesHuperzia herteriana
Bartley's Club-moss
hybridHuperzia × bartleyi
Huperzia myriophyllifolia
speciesHuperzia myriophyllifolia
Huperzia × sulcinervia
hybridHuperzia × sulcinervia
Butters' firmoss
hybridHuperzia × buttersii
Fir clubmoss
speciesHuperzia fuegiana
Beitel's firmoss
hybridHuperzia × josephbeitelii
Huperzia petrovii
speciesHuperzia petrovii
rock firmoss
hybridHuperzia × protoporophila
Jeju Clubmoss
speciesHuperzia jejuensis
Huperzia emeiensis
speciesHuperzia emeiensis
Huperzia sutchueniana
speciesHuperzia sutchueniana
greater golden clubmoss
speciesHuperzia chinensis
Huperzia leishanensis
speciesHuperzia leishanensis
Huperzia subintegra
speciesHuperzia subintegra
Huperzia kunmingensis
speciesHuperzia kunmingensis
Huperzia bucahwangensis
speciesHuperzia bucahwangensis
Huperzia pseudovaria
speciesHuperzia pseudovaria
Fir clubmoss
speciesHuperzia saururoides
Huperzia crispata
speciesHuperzia crispata
Haleakala Fir-clubmoss
speciesHuperzia haleakalae
Huperzia catharinae
speciesHuperzia catharinae
Huperzia ceylanica
speciesHuperzia ceylanica
Huperzia delavayi
speciesHuperzia delavayi
Huperzia everettii
speciesHuperzia everettii
Huperzia funicula
speciesHuperzia funicula
Huperzia gedeana
speciesHuperzia gedeana
Huperzia goliathensis
speciesHuperzia goliathensis
Huperzia kangdingensis
speciesHuperzia kangdingensis
Huperzia keysseri
speciesHuperzia keysseri
Huperzia laipoensis
speciesHuperzia laipoensis
Huperzia lajouensis
speciesHuperzia lajouensis
Huperzia medogensis
speciesHuperzia medogensis
Huperzia miniata
speciesHuperzia miniata
Huperzia meghalaica
speciesHuperzia meghalaica
Huperzia minima
speciesHuperzia minima
Huperzia muscicola
speciesHuperzia muscicola
Huperzia nanchuanensis
speciesHuperzia nanchuanensis
Huperzia nanlingensis
speciesHuperzia nanlingensis
Huperzia rigida
speciesHuperzia rigida
Huperzia rubricaulis
speciesHuperzia rubricaulis
Huperzia sprengeri
speciesHuperzia sprengeri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49144.