Lycopodiaceae

Diphasiastrum

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Lycopodiella

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Lycopodium

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Palhinhaea

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Pseudolycopodiella

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The Lycopodiaceae (class Lycopodiopsida, order Lycopodiales) is a family of primitive vascular plants, including all of the core clubmosses. These plants bear spores on specialized structures at the apex of a shoot; they resemble a tiny battle club, from which the common name derives. They are non-flowering and do not produce seeds.

Related Topics:
Lycopodiopsida - Lycopodiales - Vascular plants - Spore - Battle club - Seed

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The genera Huperzia, Phlegmariurus and Phylloglossum, often included in this family in older texts, are here treated in the separate family Huperziaceae; they differ in producing spores in small lateral structures in the leaf axils.

Related Topics:
Huperzia - Phylloglossum - Huperziaceae

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