Austrolycopodium

Genus of spore-bearing plants

Austrolycopodium
Austrolycopodium magellanicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Lycopodiales
Family: Lycopodiaceae
Subfamily: Lycopodioideae
Genus: Austrolycopodium
Holub[1]
Species

See text.

Austrolycopodium is a genus of lycophytes in the family Lycopodiaceae. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is placed in the subfamily Lycopodioideae.[2] Some sources do not recognize the genus, sinking it into Lycopodium.[3] Austrolycopodium species are mostly native to the temperate southern hemisphere.[1]

Species

As of June 2024[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:[1]

  • Austrolycopodium aberdaricum (Chiov.) Holub
  • Austrolycopodium alboffii (Rolleri) Holub
  • Austrolycopodium confertum (Willd.) Holub
  • Austrolycopodium erectum (Phil.) Holub
  • Austrolycopodium fastigiatum (R.Br.) Holub
  • Austrolycopodium magellanicum (P.Beauv.) Holub
  • Austrolycopodium paniculatum (Desv. ex Poir.) Holub

References

  1. ^ a b c Hassler, Michael. "Austrolycopodium". World Ferns. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ "Austrolycopodium Holub", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-12-05
Taxon identifiers
Austrolycopodium


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