Lycopodiaceae

Lycopodiaceae

Taxobox
name = Lycopodiaceae (Clubmosses)



image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Lycopodium annotinum"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Lycopodiophyta
classis = Lycopodiopsida
ordo = Lycopodiales
familia = Lycopodiaceae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Diphasiastrum" "Lycopodiella" "Lycopodium" "Palhinhaea" "Pseudolycopodiella"
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.

The genera "Huperzia", "Phlegmariurus" and "Phylloglossum", the species of which were generally included in a more broadly defined "Lycopodium" in older classifications, are treated in the separate family Huperziaceae in some classifications; they differ in producing spores in small lateral structures in the leaf axils. There is as yet no consensus on the recognition of Huperziaceae as a separate family; a more broadly defined Lycopodiaceae, including these genera, is still recognized in some classifications.

Uses

*The spores have been used by violin makers for centuries as a pore filler. This filler is commercially available through Howard Core and Associates.
*In Cornwall, club mosses gathered during certain lunar phases were historically used as a remedy for eye disease.

References and external links

* [http://culturesheet.org/lycopodiaceae:start Growing Lycopodiaceae] On CultureSheet.org
*cite book
last =Thiselton-Dyer
first =Thomas F.
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coauthors =
title =The Folk-lore of Plants
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date =1889
location =
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url =http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10118
doi =
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* Wagner, W. H. Jr. & J. M. Beitel. 1992. Generic classification of modern North American Lycopodiaceae. "Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard." 79: 676-686.
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=10527 Lycopodiaceae] in Flora of North America (follows a broad circumscription of the family, including Huperziaceae)


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