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Lycopodiales
Taxonomy
Lycopodiales was named by Dumortier (1829) [Kenrick and Crane 1997 give this as "Lycopodiales" in quotation marks.]. It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by I (2016).
It was assigned to Pteridophyta by Knowlton (1919) and Chandler (1961); to Lycopsida by Kenrick and Crane (1997); to Lycophyta by Taylor et al. (2008); and to Lycopodiopsida by I (2016) and Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Pteridophyta by Knowlton (1919) and Chandler (1961); to Lycopsida by Kenrick and Crane (1997); to Lycophyta by Taylor et al. (2008); and to Lycopodiopsida by I (2016) and Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1829 | Lycopodiales Dumortier p. 67 |
| 1919 | Lycopodiales Knowlton |
| 1961 | Lycopodiales Chandler p. 115 |
| 1997 | Lycopodiales Kenrick and Crane |
| 2008 | Lycopodiales Taylor et al. p. 1028 |
| 2016 | Lycopodiales I |
| 2023 | Lycopodiales Perez Loinaze et al. |
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Or. Lycopodiales Dumortier 1829
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G. †Dictyotosporites Cookson and Dettmann 1958
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†Dictyotosporites complex Cookson and Dettmann 1958
†Dictyotosporites filosus Dettmann 1963
†Dictyotosporites speciosus Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Fm. Lycopodiaceae Mirbel 1802
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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
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 eoligniticus Berry 1916
†Lycopodites ghoshii Bose et al. 1984
†Lycopodites montanensis Fontaine 1905
†Lycopodites sahnii Lele 1962
†Lycopodites taxiformis Brongniart 1822
†Lycopodites tuscaloosensis Berry 1919
G. †Lycopodiumsporites Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
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†Lycopodiumsporites agathoecus Potonié 1934
†Lycopodiumsporites austroclavatidites Potonié 1956
†Lycopodiumsporites baculatus Venkatachala et al. 1968
†Lycopodiumsporites bellus Sah and Kar 1969
†Lycopodiumsporites circolumenus Cookson and Dettmann 1958
†Lycopodiumsporites clavatoides Couper 1958
†Lycopodiumsporites cuddalorensis Ramanujam 1967
†Lycopodiumsporites dentimuratus Brenner 1963
†Lycopodiumsporites elongatus Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
†Lycopodiumsporites eminulus Dettmann 1963
†Lycopodiumsporites facetus Dettmann 1963
†Lycopodiumsporites fastigioides Boltenhagen 1967
†Lycopodiumsporites glebulentus Kemp 1970
†Lycopodiumsporites hyalinum Mathur and Mathur 1969
†Lycopodiumsporites nodosus Dettmann 1963
†Lycopodiumsporites palaeocenicus Dutta and Sah 1970
†Lycopodiumsporites parvireticulatus Sah and Dutta 1966
†Lycopodiumsporites perplexus Potonié and Sah 1960
†Lycopodiumsporites pseudophyllantus Tralau 1968
†Lycopodiumsporites reticulumsporites Dettmann 1963
†Lycopodiumsporites rosewoodensis de Jersey 1959
†Lycopodiumsporites semimuris Reiser and Williams 1969
†Lycopodiumsporites solidus Burger 1980
†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 obtusangulus Pocock 1970
†Obtusisporis yarragadensis Filatoff 1975
G. †Reticulatisporites Ibrahim 1933
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†Reticulatisporites arcuatus Brenner 1963
†Reticulatisporites castellatus Pocock 1962
†Reticulatisporites incompositus Dutta and Sah 1970
†Reticulatisporites jardinus Brenner 1968
†Reticulatisporites ornatus Archangelsky and Villar de Seoane 1998
†Reticulatisporites pudens Balme 1957
G. †Sestrosporites Dettmann 1963
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†Sestrosporites dettmanni Dutta and Sah 1970
†Sestrosporites pseudoalveolatus Dettmann 1963
Invalid names: Huperzioideae Wagner et al. 2015 [empty], Lycopodielloideae Wagner and Beitel 2015 [empty], Lycopodostrobus Sheikh and Kohle 1980 [nomen nudum]
G. †Perimonoletes Krutzsch 1967
G. †Retitriletes Pierce 1961
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†Retitriletes austroclavatidites Döring et al. 1963
†Retitriletes baqueroense Archangelsky and Villar de Seoane 1998
†Retitriletes boqueroense Archangelsky and Villar de Seoane 1998
†Retitriletes circolumenus Backhouse 1978
†Retitriletes clavatoides Döring 1963
†Retitriletes douglasii Dettmann 1986
†Retitriletes eminulus Srivastava 1975
†Retitriletes facetus Dettmann 1986
†Retitriletes huttonensis McKellar 1974
†Retitriletes nodosus Srivastava 1975
†Retitriletes parvimurus Doring 1965
†Retitriletes parvireticulatus Blackhouse 1988
†Retitriletes reticulisporites Krutzsch 1963
†Retitriletes reticulumsporites Krutzsch 1963
†Retitriletes reticumlumsporites Dettmann 1963
†Retitriletes rosewoodensis de Jersey 1963
†Retitriletes semimurus McKellar 1974
†Retitriletes tenuis Blackhouse 1988
†Retitriletes watherooensis Backhouse 1978
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
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 382.4 Ma
Collections (542 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian | Belgium (Ronquieres) | Lycopodites runcariana (32216) | |
| Frasnian | Canada (Quebec) | Reticulatisporites sp. (179176) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian - Tournaisian | Australia (Western Australia) | Reticulatisporites ancoralis (23146) Reticulatisporites ancoralis, Reticulatisporites spp. (23096) | |
| Mississippian | Canada (New Brunswick) | Lycopodites plumula (13089) | |
| Carboniferous - Desmoinesian | USA (Missouri) | Lycopodites sp. (11196) | |
| Visean | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Lycopodites stockii (34471) | |
| Early/Lower Pennsylvanian - Middle Pennsylvanian | USA (Illinois) | Reticulatisporites polygonalis, Reticulatisporites sp. (126926) Reticulatisporites splendens (127312) | |
| Bashkirian - Gzhelian | USA (Indiana) | Reticulatisporites reticulatus (23630) Reticulatisporites sp. 1 (23561) | |
| Bashkirian - Gzhelian | USA (Illinois) | Reticulatisporites lacunosus (23516 23631) Reticulatisporites lacunosus, Reticulatisporites sp. (23514) Reticulatisporites lacunosus, Reticulatisporites sp. 1 (23566 23577) Reticulatisporites reticulatus, Reticulatisporites sp. 1 (23629) | |
| Pennsylvanian | Canada (Nunavut) | Reticulatisporites sp. (111662) | |
| Westphalian B | USA (Indiana) | Reticulatisporites polygonalis (64060) | |
| Middle Pennsylvanian | USA (Oklahoma) | Reticulatisporites reticulatus (127310 127315) | |
| Middle Pennsylvanian | USA (Missouri) | Reticulatisporites reticulatus (127215) | |
| Middle Pennsylvanian | USA (Kentucky) | Reticulatisporites muricatus, Reticulatisporites sp. (126929) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Kansas) | Reticulatisporites muricatus (10785) | |
| Late/Upper Pennsylvanian - Middle Pennsylvanian | USA (Ohio) | Reticulatisporites muricatus (126961) | |
| Late/Upper Pennsylvanian | USA (Illinois) | Reticulatisporites muricatus (126963) | |
| Late/Upper Pennsylvanian | USA (Missouri) | Reticulatisporites muricatus (126970) | |
| Permian | India (West Bengal) | Reticulatisporites sp. (225790) | |
| Artinskian - Kungurian | India (Telangana) | Lycopodium papillaesporites (224611) | |