Nghiên cứu đặc điểm thực vật của cây thạch tùng đuôi ngựa (Huperzia phlegmaria (L.) Rothm.)

Abstract

The aerial parts of the club moss commonly used as herbal medicine for rheumatic pain, arthritis, traumatic injury, collected in Quang Tri province (Central Vietnam) in February 2016 was subjected to morphological and microscopic investigation in reference to the literal key morphological characteristics of the taxonómica! classification. This resulted in the identification of the plant as Huperzia phlegmaria (L.) Rothm (Lycopodiaceae). Besides, the detailed morphological and microscopic descriptions of this club moss species herein presented may be helpful for standardization and futher studies on the phytochemistry and bioactivity of the medicinal materiai of H. phlegmaria (L.) Rothm. and related drugs.