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Austrolycopodium fastigiatum
Mountain Clubmoss
As recorded: Lycopodium fastigiatum R.Br.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Lycopodiopsida › Lycopodiales › Lycopodiaceae
- Collected by
- Melville, R.; Melville, E.F.; Godley, E.J.E.J. Godley →E.F. Melville →R. Melville →
- Collector number
- 6712A
- Date
- March 15, 1962
- Locality
- Desert Road, south of the Waihohonu Track, opposite the Ruapehu-Ngauruhoe Saddle, Taupo Co., Wellington.
- Island
- South Island
- Region
- New Zealand
- Elevation
- 991 m
- Identified by
- Melville, R.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On March 15, 1962, Melville, R.; Melville, E.F.; Godley, E.J. also collected 6 other specimens.
Austrolycopodium fastigiatum observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1962. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1,907 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.
2026-10-27
Rangitaiki 3379, New Zealand
no rights reserved
2026-10-27
West Coast TAS 7321, Australia
(c) jggbrown, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-25
7875, New Zealand
(c) Mel Whiting, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-25
South Island, Kingston, Southland, NZ
(c) rmooi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-22
Mackenzie District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
(c) Heidi Newton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-22
Oxford, Canterbury, NZ
(c) heather-n, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Austrolycopodium fastigiatum. BISH 433141. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956410331. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/433141.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956410331 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026