Status:
valid
                
                
                    
Authors:
Ching
                
                
                    
Source:
tro
                
                
                    
Year:
1981
                
                
                    
Citation Micro:
Acta Bot. Yunnan. 3(3): 300 (1981)
                
                
                    
WFO Identifier:
wfo-0001125404
                
             
            
            
                
                
                
            
            
            
                                    
                        Common Names
                        
                        - Huperzia laipoensis
 - Laipoensis Huperzia
 - Laipo Huperzia
                         
                     
                                
                
                    
                    
                    
                
                
                
                
                                                    
                        Description
                        
                            Huperzia laipoensis (also called Huperzia laipoensis, among many other common names) is a small, evergreen fern native to the tropics. It has delicate, light green fronds with deeply divided, fan-shaped leaflets. It grows in moist, shady habitats, such as woodlands, streambanks, and rock crevices.                        
                     
                                
                                    
                        Uses & Benefits
                        
                            Huperzia laipoensis is used as an ornamental plant in gardens and as a houseplant. It is also used to make baskets and other handicrafts.                        
                     
                                
                                                    
                        Flower, Seeds and Seedlings
                        
                            Huperzia laipoensis has small, yellow-green flowers, and its seeds are small and black. Its seedlings have long, thin stems with small, dark green leaves.                        
                     
                                
                
                
                                                    
                        Where to Find Huperzia laipoensis
                        
                            Huperzia laipoensis is native to Sichuan Province in China.                        
                     
                
                
                                    
                        Species in the Huperzia genus
                        
                            Huperzia javanica, 
Huperzia parksii, 
Huperzia drummondii, 
Huperzia mildbraedii, 
Huperzia suberecta, 
Huperzia pecten, 
Huperzia gagnepainiana, 
Huperzia cavifolia, 
Huperzia verticillata, 
Huperzia pichiana, 
Huperzia saururus, 
Huperzia stricta, 
Huperzia humbertii-henrici, 
Huperzia gnidioides, 
Huperzia squarrosa, 
Huperzia curiosa, 
Huperzia trigona, 
Huperzia obtusifolia, 
Huperzia rubrica, 
Huperzia ophioglossoides, 
Huperzia perreriana, 
Huperzia megastachya, 
Huperzia xiphophylla, 
Huperzia phlegmaria, 
Huperzia selago, 
Huperzia crassa, 
Huperzia dichotoma, 
Huperzia reflexa, 
Huperzia taxifolia, 
Huperzia hartwegiana, 
Huperzia arcuata, 
Huperzia cuneifolia, 
Huperzia eversa, 
Huperzia hippuridea, 
Huperzia molongensis, 
Huperzia rosenstockiana, 
Huperzia subulata, 
Huperzia tenuis, 
Huperzia tetragona, 
Huperzia weberbaueri, 
Huperzia wilsonii, 
Huperzia lucidula, 
Huperzia cruenta, 
Huperzia saururoides, 
Huperzia ceylanica, 
Huperzia sulcinervia, 
Huperzia hoffmannii, 
Huperzia appalachiana, 
Huperzia haleakalae, 
Huperzia miyoshiana,                         
 
                     
                                                    
                        Species in the Lycopodiaceae family