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Diphasiastrum complanatum
northern ground-cedar
As recorded: Lycopodium complanatum L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Lycopodiopsida › Lycopodiales › Lycopodiaceae
- Collected by
- Womersley, J.S.
- Collector number
- NGF 4975
- Date
- April 2, 1953
- Locality
- Near Nondugl
- Island
- New Guinea
- Region
- Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
- Elevation
- 1,829 m
- Identified by
- James, S.A.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On April 2, 1953, Womersley, J.S. also collected 1 other specimen.
Diphasiastrum complanatum observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1953. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 5,971 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-26.
2026-10-26
Thunder Bay, Unorganized, ON, CA
(c) pes_c515, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-25
Ishimskiy rayon, Tyumen', Russia
(c) tsekhmister_k, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-24
Austria
(c) Benjamin Schedl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-24
Austria
(c) Paul Wolf, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-24
Ishimskiy rayon, Tyumen', Russia
(c) tsekhmister_k, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-24
Ishimskiy rayon, Tyumen', Russia
(c) tsekhmister_k, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Diphasiastrum complanatum. BISH 741976. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956440663. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/741976.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956440663 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026