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Lycopodioideae

Lycopodiopsida - Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae

Taxonomy
Lycopodioideae was named by Wagner and Beitel (2015). It is extant. It is the type subfamily of Lycopodiaceae. It was considered monophyletic by I (2016).

It was assigned to Lycopodiaceae by I (2016).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Lycopodioideae Wagner and Beitel
2016Lycopodioideae I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumLycopodiophytaScott 1900
classLycopodiopsidaBartling 1830
orderLycopodialesDumortier 1829
RankNameAuthor
familyLycopodiaceaeMirbel 1802
subfamilyLycopodioideaeWagner and Beitel 2015
subfamilyLycopodioideaeWagner and Beitel 2015

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.

Subfm. Lycopodioideae Wagner and Beitel 2015
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G. Lycopodium Linnaeus 1753 [ground pine]
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Lycopodium clavatum Linnaeus 1753
Lycopodium cretaceum Berry 1910
Lycopodium hesperium Knowlton 1926
Lycopodium lesquereuxiana Knowlton 1897
Lycopodium prominens Lesquereux 1873
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): 272.3 Ma

Collections (68 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3India (Telangana) Lycopodium papillaesporites (224611)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5Canada (Nunavut) Lycopodium papillaesporites (102063)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Lycopodium marginatum (212949 212979)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0India Lycopodium austroclavatidites (224605)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (South Carolina) Lycopodium cretaceum (210091)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58India (West Bengal) Lycopodium sp. (224752)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Canada (British Columbia) Lycopodium sp. (227994)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Missouri) Lycopodium hamulatum (231934)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) Lycopodium sp. (169358)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Russian Federation Lycopodium sp. (45449)
Late/Upper Eocene - Oligocene37.2 - 23.03Chile (Doceava RegiĆ³n) Lycopodium sp. (151436)
Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Puerto Rico Lycopodium sp. (32294 32297) Lycopodium sp. A, Lycopodium sp. B (32299)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Canada (Northwest Territories) Lycopodium sp. (21371)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Panama Lycopodium sp. (32337 32392 32393 32396 32400 32401)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97New Zealand Lycopodium deuterodensum (169164)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Idaho) Lycopodium hesperium (224395)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Costa Rica Lycopodium spp. (31168)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Massachusetts) Lycopodium sp. (231784 231798 231824 231826)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Bolivia Lycopodium indet. (34363)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58USA (Massachusetts) Lycopodium sp. (231795)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Lycopodium sp. (23401)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) Lycopodium sp. (28443)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Panama Lycopodium sp. (32308 32310)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Massachusetts) Lycopodium sp. (231796)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Victoria) Lycopodium indet. (172833 172836 172837 172855 172868 172870 172873 172874 172877 172878 172881 172882 172883)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Australia (Tasmania) Lycopodium deuterodensum, Lycopodium fastigatum, Lycopodium laterale, Lycopodium scariosum, Lycopodium spp. (166707)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Lycopodium sp. (22117)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Lycopodium pitted (168819 168822 168889 168890 168891 168892)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Lycopodium sp. (22116)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Lycopodium sp. (228848 228849)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Lycopodium sp. (228810)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Michigan) Lycopodium sp. (70131 70132)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Lycopodium sp. (212476)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Lycopodium sp. (75232)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Lycopodium sp. (168756)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Sikkim) Lycopodium clavatum (228818)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Lycopodium sp. (228773)