Huperzia nutans

Phlegmariurus nutans
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Lycopodiophyta
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Lycopodiales
Family: Huperziaceae
Genus: Huperzia
Species: H. nutans
Binomial name
Huperzia nutans
(Brack.) Rothm., 1944[2]

Wawaeʻiole (Huperzia nutans) is a species of club moss in the Huperziaceae family. It is endemic to wet forests and cliffside shrublands on the islands of Oahu and Kauai in Hawaii.[3] It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ Bruegmann, M.M. & Caraway, V. 2003. Phlegmariurus nutans. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.
  2. ^ "Huperzia nutans (Brack.) Rothm.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2002-01-30. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?320459. Retrieved 2009-10-30. 
  3. ^ "Wawaeʻiole Huperzia nutans". Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy. Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources. http://www.state.hi.us/dlnr/dofaw/cwcs/files/Flora%20fact%20sheets/Hup_nut%20%20plant%20NTBG_W.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-30.