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Lycopodiaceae

Lycopodiopsida - Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Lycopodiaceae Mirbel p. 293
1919Lycopodiaceae Knowlton
1926Lycopodiaceae Knowlton
1980Lycopodostrobus Sheikh and Kohle
2000Lycopodiaceae Mabberley
2008Lycopodiaceae Taylor et al. p. 1028
2016Lycopodiaceae I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumLycopodiophytaScott 1900
classLycopodiopsidaBartling 1830
RankNameAuthor
orderLycopodialesDumortier 1829
familyLycopodiaceaeMirbel 1802
familyLycopodiaceaeMirbel 1802

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.

Fm. Lycopodiaceae Mirbel 1802
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G. †Abacodendron Radchenko 1956
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Abacodendron lutuginii Radchenko 1956
G. †Carmarozonosporites Potonié 1956
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Carmarozonosporites microalveolatus Archangelsky and Gamerro 1966
Carmarozonosporites ohaiensis Dettmann and Playford 1968
G. †Coronatispora Dettmann 1963
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Coronatispora perforata Dettmann 1963
Coronatispora valdensis Dettman 1963
G. †Hamulatisporis Krutzsch 1959
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Hamulatisporis albertensis Srivastava 1972
G. †Hamulatisporites Nakoman 1966
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G. †Latrobosporites Harris 1965
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Latrobosporites crassus Harris 1981
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
G. †Lycopodites Brongniart 1822
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Lycopodites ghoshii Bose et al. 1984
Lycopodites montanensis Fontaine 1905
Lycopodites sahnii Lele 1962
Lycopodites taxiformis Brongniart 1822
G. †Lycopodiumsporites Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
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Lycopodiumsporites baculatus Venkatachala et al. 1968
Lycopodiumsporites bellus Sah and Kar 1969
Lycopodiumsporites circolumenus Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Lycopodiumsporites elongatus Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Lycopodiumsporites eminulus Dettmann 1963
Lycopodiumsporites facetus Dettmann 1963
Lycopodiumsporites fastigioides Boltenhagen 1967
Lycopodiumsporites hyalinum Mathur and Mathur 1969
Lycopodiumsporites nodosus Dettmann 1963
Lycopodiumsporites palaeocenicus Dutta and Sah 1970
Lycopodiumsporites perplexus Potonié and Sah 1960
Lycopodiumsporites semimuris Reiser and Williams 1969
Lycopodiumsporites speciosus Dutta and Sah 1970
Lycopodiumsporites trambauensis Singh et al. 1964
Lycopodiumsporites triarcuatus Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Lycopodiumsporites umstewensis Dutta and Sah 1970
G. †Obtusisporis Pocock 1970
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Obtusisporis canadensis Pocock 1970
Obtusisporis concavus Pocock 1970
Obtusisporis juncta Pocock 1970
Obtusisporis yarragadensis Filatoff 1975
G. †Reticulatisporites Ibrahim 1933
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Reticulatisporites incompositus Dutta and Sah 1970
Reticulatisporites ornatus Archangelsky and Villar de Seoane 1998
G. †Sestrosporites Dettmann 1963
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Sestrosporites dettmanni Dutta and Sah 1970
Invalid names: Huperzioideae Wagner et al. 2015 [empty], Lycopodielloideae Wagner and Beitel 2015 [empty], Lycopodostrobus Sheikh and Kohle 1980 [nomen nudum]
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 Frasnian to the top of the Holocene or 382.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 382.4 Ma

Collections (376 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian387.7 - 382.4Belgium (Ronquieres) Lycopodites runcariana (32216)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Canada (Quebec) Reticulatisporites sp. (179176)
Late/Upper Famennian - Tournaisian364.7 - 346.7Australia (Western Australia) Reticulatisporites ancoralis (23146) Reticulatisporites ancoralis, Reticulatisporites spp. (23096)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2Canada (New Brunswick) Lycopodites plumula (13089)
Carboniferous - Desmoinesian358.9 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Lycopodites sp. (11196)
Visean346.7 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Lycopodites stockii (34471)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian - Middle Pennsylvanian323.2 - 307.0USA (Illinois) Reticulatisporites polygonalis, Reticulatisporites sp. (126926) Reticulatisporites splendens (127312)
Bashkirian - Gzhelian323.2 - 298.9USA (Indiana) Reticulatisporites reticulatus (23630) Reticulatisporites sp. 1 (23561)
Bashkirian - Gzhelian323.2 - 298.9USA (Illinois) Reticulatisporites lacunosus (23516 23631) Reticulatisporites lacunosus, Reticulatisporites sp. (23514) Reticulatisporites lacunosus, Reticulatisporites sp. 1 (23566 23577) Reticulatisporites reticulatus, Reticulatisporites sp. 1 (23629)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9Canada (Nunavut) Reticulatisporites sp. (111662)
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6USA (Indiana) Reticulatisporites polygonalis (64060)
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0USA (Oklahoma) Reticulatisporites reticulatus (127310 127315)
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0USA (Kentucky) Reticulatisporites muricatus, Reticulatisporites sp. (126929)
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0USA (Missouri) Reticulatisporites reticulatus (127215)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) Reticulatisporites muricatus (10785)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian - Middle Pennsylvanian307.0 - 307.0USA (Ohio) Reticulatisporites muricatus (126961)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian307.0 - 298.9USA (Illinois) Reticulatisporites muricatus (126963)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian307.0 - 298.9USA (Missouri) Reticulatisporites muricatus (126970)
Permian298.9 - 251.902India (West Bengal) Reticulatisporites sp. (225790)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3India (Telangana) Lycopodium papillaesporites (224611)