Huperzia nutans

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Phlegmariurus nutans
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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. Retrieved 2009-10-30. 
  3. "Wawaeʻiole Huperzia nutans". Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy. Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2009-10-30. 
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