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The genus Huperzia is in the family Lycopodiaceae in the major group Pteridophytes (Ferns and fern allies).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Huperzia

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Huperzia acerosa (Sw.) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia acifolia (Rolleri) Rolleri & Deferrari	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia acuta (Rolleri) Rolleri & Deferrari	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia acutifolia (Desv.) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia affinis Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia amentacea (B. Øllg.) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia andina (Rosenst.) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia aqualupiana (Spring) Rothm.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia arctica Sipliv.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia arcturi (Maxon ex Herter) C.V. Morton ex Luteyn	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia arcuata B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia aristei (Nessel) Rolleri & Deferrari	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia ascendens (Herter ex Nessel) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia attenuata (Spring) Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia austroecuadorica B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia austrosinica Ching	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia badiniana B. Øllg. & P.G. Windisch	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia × bartleyi (Cusick) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia beiteliana Mickel	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia beitelii B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia biformis (Hook.) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia binervia (Herter) B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia brachiata (Maxon) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia bradeorum (H. Christ) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia brauseana (Herter) Rolleri & Deferrari	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia brevifolia (Grev. & Hook.) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia brongniartii (Spring) Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia bucahwangensis Ching	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia buesii (Herter) B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia × buttersii (Abbe) Kartesz & Gandhi	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia callitrichifolia (Mett.) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia campiana B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia cancellata (Spring) Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia capellae (Herter) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia capillaris (Sodiro) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia carinata (Desv. ex Poir.) Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia catacachiensis (Herter ex Nessel) B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia cavifolia (C. Chr.) Tardieu	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia ceylanica (Spring) Rothm.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia chamaeleon (Herter) B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia chinensis (H. Christ) Ching	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia chiricana (Maxon) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia chishuiensis X.Y. Wang & P.S. Wang	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia columnaris B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia comans (Herter ex Nessel) B. Øllg. & P.G. Windisch	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia compacta (Hook.) Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia copelandiana (R.C.Y. Chou & Bartlett) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia copelandii (Herter) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia coriacea (Rolleri) Rolleri & Deferrari	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia crassa (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Rothm.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia crispata (Ching) Ching	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia cruenta (Spring) Rothm.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia cuernavacensis (Underw. & F.E. Lloyd) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia cumingii (Nessel) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia cuneifolia (Hieron.) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia cunninghamioides (Hayata) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia curiosa (Herter) Tardieu	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia curvifolia (Kunze) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia dacrydioides (Baker) Pic. Serm.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia darwiniana (Herter ex Nessel) B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia delavayi (H. Christ ex Herter) Ching	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia deminuens (Herter) B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia densifolia (Baker) Rolleri & Deferrari	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia dianae (Herter) B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia dichaeoides (Maxon) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia dichotoma (Jacq.) Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia dixitiana P. Mondal & R.K. Ghosh	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia emeiensis (Ching & H.S. Kung) Ching & H.S. Kung	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia engleri (Herter) B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia ericifolia (C. Presl) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia espinosana B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia eversa (Poir.) B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia fargesii (Herter) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia feejeensis (Luerss.) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia filiformis (Sw.) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia firma (Mett.) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia flexibilis (Fée) B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia foliacea (Maxon) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia fontinaloides (Spring) Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia fordii (Baker) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia funiformis (Cham. ex Spring) Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia gagnepainiana (Herter) Tardieu	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia galapagensis (O. Hamann) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia gnidioides (L. f.) Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia guangdongensis (Ching) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia haleakalae (Brack.) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia hamiltonii (Spreng.) Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia hartwegiana (Spring) Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia hastata B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia × helleri (Herter) Kartesz & Gandhi	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia hemleri (Nessel) B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia henryi (Baker) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia herteriana (Kümmerle) T. Sen & U. Sen	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia heterocarpon (Fée) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia heteroclita (Desv. ex Poir.) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia hexasticha B. Øllg. & P.G. Windisch	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia hildebrandtii (Herter) Tardieu	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia hippuridea (Christ) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia hoffmannii (Maxon) Rolleri & Deferrari	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia hohenackeri (Herter) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia holstii (Hieron.) Pic. Serm.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia homocarpa (Herter) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia hookeri (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia huberi B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia humbertii-henrici (Herter) Tardieu	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia hupehensis Ching	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia hypogaea B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia hystrix (Herter) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia ignambensis (Compton) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia innocentia (Herter) Holub ex J.L. Luteyn	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia intermedia Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia javanica (Sw.) Fraser-Jenk.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia juniperistachya (Hayata) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia kamaensis Ching & S.K. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia kangdingensis (Ching) Ching	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia killipii (Herter) B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia kuesteri (Nessel) B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia kunmingensis Ching	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia laipoensis Ching	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia lajouensis Ching	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia lancifolia (Maxon) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia leishanensis X.Y. Wang	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia leptodon (Maxon ex Herter) Rolleri & Deferrari	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia liangshanica (H.S. Kung) Ching & H.S. Kung	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia lignosa (Herter) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia lindenii (Spring) Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia linifolia (L.) Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia llanganatensis B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia lockyeri (D. Jones & B. Gray) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia loxensis B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia lucidula (Michx.) Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia macbridei (Herter) B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia maerhkangensis Ching	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia magnifica (Brownlie) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia marsupiiformis (D. Jones & B. Gray) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia martii (Wawra) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia medogensis Ching & Y.X. Ling	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia megastachya (Baker) Tardieu	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia melanesica (Brownlie) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia mesoamericana B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia mexiae (Copel.) Rolleri & Deferrari	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia mexicana (Herter) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia mingcheensis (Ching) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia minimadenta J.F. Cheng	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia mirabilis (Willd.) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia miyoshiana (Makino) Ching	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia mollicoma (Spring) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia molongensis (Herter) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia montana (Underw. & F.E. Lloyd) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia mooreana (Baker) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia moritzii (Herter ex Nessel) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia multidichotoma Ching	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia myriophyllifolia (Hayata) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia myrsinites (Lam.) Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia myrtuosa (Spring) Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia nanchuanensis (Ching & H.S. Kung) Ching & H.S. Kung	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia nesselii (Brause ex Nessel) Rolleri & Deferrari	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia niligarica (Spring) R.D. Dixit	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia nyalamensis Ching & S.K. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia obscure-denticulata Ching	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia obtusifolia (Sw.) Rothm.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia ocanana (Herter) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia occidentalis (Clute) Beitel	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia ophioglossoides (Lam.) Rothm.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia orizabae (Underw. & F.E. Lloyd) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia ovatifolia Ching	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia parvifolia (Raddi ex Nessel) Rolleri & Deferrari	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia pearcei (Baker) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia pecten (Baker) Tardieu	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia petiolata (C.B. Clarke) R.D. Dixit	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia petrovii Sipliv.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia pflanzii (Nessel) Rolleri & Deferrari	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia phlegmaria (L.) Rothm.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia phylicifolia (Desv. ex Poir.) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia picardae (H. Christ ex Krug) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia pilgeriana (Herter ex Nessel) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia piscium (Herter) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia pithyoides (Schltdl. & Cham.) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia pittieri (H. Christ) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia polycarpos (Kunze) B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia polyclada (Sodiro) Rolleri & Deferrari	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia polydactyla B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia polylepidetorum B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia porophila (F.E. Lloyd & Underw.) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia pringlei (Underw. & F.E. Lloyd) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia pruinosa (Herter) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia pseudovaria (Brownlie) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia pulcherrima (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) Pic. Serm.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia pungentifolia (Silveira) B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia quadrifariata (Bory) Rothm.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia quasipolytrichoides (Hayata) Ching	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia recurvifolia Rolleri	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia reflexa (Lam.) Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia riobambensis (Nessel) B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia robusta (Klotzsch) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia rosenstockiana (Herter) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia rubicaulis S.K. Wu & X. Cheng	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia rubrica (C. Chr.) Tardieu	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia rufescens (Hook.) Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia salvinioides (Herter) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia sarmentosa (Spring) Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia saururoides (Bory & d'Urv.) Rothm.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia saururus (Lam.) Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia scabrida B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia schlimii (Herter) B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia schmidtchenii (Hieron.) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia selago (L.) Bernh. ex Schrank & Mart.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia sellifolia B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia sellowiana (Herter) B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia serrata (Thunb.) Rothm.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia setacea (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) Rothm.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia shangsiensis (C.Y. Yang) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia sieboldii (Miq.) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia somai (Hayata) Ching	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia sotae (Rolleri) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia spongiosa (Rolleri) Rolleri & Deferrari	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia squarrosa (G. Forst.) Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia staudtii (Nessel) Pic. Serm.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia stricta (Baker) Tardieu	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia suberecta (Lowe) Tardieu	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia subtrifoliata (Brownlie) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia subulata (Desv. ex Poir.) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia sulcinervia (Spring) Rothm.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia sutchueniana (Herter) Ching	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia sydowiora (Herter) Rolleri & Deferrari	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia tahkuanensis Ching	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia taiwanense (C.M. Kuo) C.M. Kuo	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia takingensis Ching	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia talamancana B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia talpiphila B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia tardieuae (Herter) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia tauri (Herter) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia taxifolia (Sw.) Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia tenuicaulis (Underw. & Lloyd) B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia tenuis (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia tetragona (Hook. & Grev.) Trevis.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia tibetica (Ching) Ching	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia trachyloma (Maxon ex Herter) Rolleri & Deferrari	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia transilla (Sodiro ex Baker) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia treitubensis (Silveira) B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia trigona (C. Chr.) Tardieu	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia tubulosa (Maxon) B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia ulixis (Herter) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia unguiculata B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia urbanii (Herter) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia vanikorensis (Copel.) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia venezuelanica (Herter) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia verticillata (L. f.) Rothm.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia watsoniana (Maxon) B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia weberbaueri (Hieron. & Herter ex Nessel) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia weddellii (Herter) Holub	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia whangshanensis Ching & P.C. Chiu	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia wilsonii (Underw. & F.E. Lloyd) B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia xiphophylla (Baker) Tardieu	Accepted		TRO
Huperzia yunnanensis (Ching) Holub	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 330 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Huperzia. Of these 255 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 27 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Huperzia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 330 species names for the genus Huperzia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	255	77.3%
◕	Synonym	46	13.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	29	8.8%

All names

The status of the 357 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Huperzia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	270	75.6%
◕	Synonym	58	16.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	29	8.1%

The confidence with which the status of the 330 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Huperzia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	255	46	0	0	301	91.2%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	29	29	8.8%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Huperzia, are as follows: