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A new hybrid bog clubmoss from the Southeastern United States

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: A previously unnamed hybrid between Lycopodiella alopecuroides (L.) Cranfill and L. prostrata (R.M. Harper) Cranfill is formally described as L. × shortii D.D. Spaulding. The specific epithet honors pteridologist John W. Short, whose contributions to the study of Alabama ferns and lycophytes span over five decades. This hybrid displays an intermediate morphology, combining traits of both parental species. It is currently known from scattered populations in the southeastern United States, primarily within the Coastal Plain from Florida to Texas and north to North Carolina.

Source: Auburn University Scholarly Repository

DOI: 10.35099/1exs-jj48

Author: Spaulding, Daniel D.

Language: English

Topic: Fern and Epiphyte Biology

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7080759059

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