Lycopodiaceae
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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Lycopodiaceae (Clubmosses)
| image = Lycopodium annotinum1.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Lycopodium annotinum
| regnum = Plantae
| divisio = Lycopodiophyta
| classis = Lycopodiopsida
| ordo = Lycopodiales
| familia = Lycopodiaceae
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
Diphasiastrum
Lycopodiella
Lycopodium
Palhinhaea
Pseudolycopodiella
}}
The Lycopodiaceae (class Lycopodiopsida, order Lycopodiales) is a family of primitive vascular plants, including all of the core clubmosses. These plants bear spores on specialized structures at the apex of a shoot; they resemble a tiny battle club, from which the common name derives. They are non-flowering and do not produce seeds.
The genera Huperzia, Phlegmariurus and Phylloglossum, often included in this family in older texts, are here treated in the separate family Huperziaceae; they differ in producing spores in small lateral structures in the leaf axils.
Uses
The spores have been used by violin makers for centuries as a pore filler. This filler is commercially available through Howard Core and Associates.
External links
- Family description of Lycopodiaceae (follows a broad circumscription of the family, including Huperziaceae)
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