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Lycopodium (ground pine)
Taxonomy
Lycopodium was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Lycopodium clavatum.
It was assigned to Lycopodiaceae by Linnaeus (1759), Berry (1914), Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991); and to Lycopodioideae by I (2016).
It was assigned to Lycopodiaceae by Linnaeus (1759), Berry (1914), Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991); and to Lycopodioideae by I (2016).
Species
L. alopecuroides, L. alpinum, L. annotinum, L. apodum, L. bryopteris, L. canaliculatum, L. carolinianum, L. cernuum, L. clavatum (type species), L. complanatum, L. cretaceum, L. denticulatum, L. flabellatum, L. helventicum, L. hesperium, L. inundatum, L. lesquereuxiana, L. linifolium, L. nudum, L. obscurum, L. ornithopodioides, L. phlegmaria, L. plumosum, L. prominens, L. rupestre, L. sanguinolentum, L. selaginoides, L. selago
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Lycopodium Linnaeus 1753 [ground pine]
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Lycopodium alopecuroides Linnaeus 1753
Lycopodium alpinum Linnaeus 1753
Lycopodium annotinum Linnaeus 1753
Lycopodium apodum Linnaeus 1753
Lycopodium bryopteris Linnaeus 1753
Lycopodium canaliculatum Linnaeus 1753
Lycopodium carolinianum Linnaeus 1753
Lycopodium cernuum Linnaeus 1753
Lycopodium clavatum Linnaeus 1753
Lycopodium complanatum Linnaeus 1753
†Lycopodium cretaceum Berry 1910
Lycopodium denticulatum Linnaeus 1753
Lycopodium flabellatum Linnaeus 1753
Lycopodium helventicum Linnaeus 1753
†Lycopodium hesperium Knowlton 1926
Lycopodium inundatum Linnaeus 1753
†Lycopodium lesquereuxiana Knowlton 1897
Lycopodium linifolium Linnaeus 1753
Lycopodium nudum Linnaeus 1753
Lycopodium obscurum Linnaeus 1753
Lycopodium ornithopodioides Linnaeus 1753
Lycopodium phlegmaria Linnaeus 1753
Lycopodium plumosum Linnaeus 1753
†Lycopodium prominens Lesquereux 1873
Lycopodium rupestre Linnaeus 1753
Lycopodium sanguinolentum Linnaeus 1753
Lycopodium selaginoides Linnaeus 1753
Lycopodium selago Linnaeus 1753
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Holocene or 290.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 274.4 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 274.4 Ma
Collections (70 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artinskian - Kungurian | India (Telangana) | Lycopodium papillaesporites (224611) | |
| Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous | Canada (Nunavut) | Lycopodium papillaesporites (102063) | |
| Barremian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Lycopodium marginatum (212949 212979) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian | Australia (New South Wales) | Lycopodium sp. (241695 241702) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | India | Lycopodium austroclavatidites (224605) | |
| Campanian | USA (South Carolina) | Lycopodium cretaceum (210091) | |
| Tertiary | India (West Bengal) | Lycopodium sp. (224752) | |
| Ypresian | Canada (British Columbia) | Lycopodium sp. (227994) | |
| Eocene | USA (Missouri) | Lycopodium hamulatum (231934) | |
| Middle Eocene | Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) | Lycopodium sp. (169358) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Russian Federation | Lycopodium sp. (45449) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene - Oligocene | Chile (Doceava Región) | Lycopodium sp. (151436) | |
| Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene | Puerto Rico | Lycopodium sp. (32294 32297) Lycopodium sp. A, Lycopodium sp. B (32299) | |
| Aquitanian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Lycopodium sp. (21371) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Panama | Lycopodium sp. (32337 32392 32393 32396 32400 32401) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | New Zealand | Lycopodium deuterodensum (169164) | |
| Miocene | Costa Rica | Lycopodium spp. (31168) | |
| Miocene | USA (Massachusetts) | Lycopodium sp. (231784 231798 231824 231826) | |
| Miocene | USA (Idaho) | Lycopodium hesperium (224395) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Bolivia | Lycopodium indet. (34363) | |
| Neogene | USA (Massachusetts) | Lycopodium sp. (231795) | |
| Barstovian - Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | Lycopodium sp. (23401) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Poland (Silesia) | Lycopodium sp. (28443) | |
| Pliocene | USA (Massachusetts) | Lycopodium sp. (231796) | |
| Pliocene | Panama | Lycopodium sp. (32308 32310) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Lycopodium indet. (172833 172836 172837 172855 172868 172870 172873 172874 172877 172878 172881 172882 172883) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Lycopodium deuterodensum, Lycopodium fastigatum, Lycopodium laterale, Lycopodium scariosum, Lycopodium spp. (166707) | |
| Pleistocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Lycopodium sp. (22117) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Lycopodium pitted (168819 168822 168889 168890 168891 168892) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Lycopodium sp. (22116) | |
| Quaternary | India (Tamil Nadu) | Lycopodium sp. (228848 228849) | |
| Quaternary | India (West Bengal) | Lycopodium sp. (228810) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Michigan) | Lycopodium sp. (70131 70132) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (British Columbia) | Lycopodium sp. (75232) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Lycopodium sp. (212476) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Lycopodium sp. (168756) | |
| Holocene | India (Sikkim) | Lycopodium clavatum (228818) | |
| Holocene | India (Uttarakhand) | Lycopodium sp. (228773) |