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Dendrolycopodium

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Order
  
Lycopodiales

Higher classification
  
Lycopodiaceae

Division
  
Lycopodiophyta

Family
  
Lycopodiaceae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Lycopodiaceae, Lycopodiopsida, Lycopodium obscurum, Lycopodium hickeyi, Diphasiastrum digitatum

The genus Dendrolycopodium is a clubmoss genus that some taxonomists have segregated from Lycopodium. 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.

Species

  • Dendrolycopodium dendroideum (northern North America)
  • Dendrolycopodium hickeyi (northeastern North America)
  • Dendrolycopodium juniperoideum (northeast Asia (central Siberia))
  • Dendrolycopodium obscurum (northeast North America, northeast Asia)
  • Dendrolycopodium verticale (east Asia (China to Taiwan and Japan))

    • References

    Dendrolycopodium Wikipedia
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