Dendrolycopodium

The genus Dendrolycopodium is a clubmoss genus in the family Lycopodiaceae. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is placed in the subfamily Lycopodioideae.[1] Some sources do not recognize the genus, sinking it into Lycopodium.[2] It is treated as section Obscura when retained within Lycopodium. The genus includes a discrete group of plants with similar morphologies. All have erect to semi-erect, branched stems.

Dendrolycopodium
Dendrolycopodium dendroideum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Lycopodiales
Family: Lycopodiaceae
Subfamily: Lycopodioideae
Genus: Dendrolycopodium
A. Haines
Species

See text.

Synonyms

Lycopodium sect. Obscura (Rothm.) Holub

Species

As of January 2023, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:[3]

  • Dendrolycopodium dendroideum (Michx.) A.Haines – northern North America, eastern Asia
  • Dendrolycopodium hickeyi (W.H.Wagner, Beitel & R.C.Moran) A.Haines – northeastern North America
  • Dendrolycopodium juniperoideum (Sw.) A.Haines – northeast Asia (central Siberia)
  • Dendrolycopodium obscurum (L.) A.Haines – northeast North America, northeast Asia
  • Dendrolycopodium verticale (Li Bing Zhang) Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou - China, Himalayas

References
  1. PPG I (2016), "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns", Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 54 (6): 563–603, doi:10.1111/jse.12229, S2CID 39980610
  2. "Dendrolycopodium A.Haines", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-12-08
  3. Hassler, Michael (19 January 2023), "Dendrolycopodium", World Ferns. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 14.7, retrieved 2023-01-22


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