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Lycopodium L.

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Lycopodium L., Sp. Pl. 1100 (1753)
Lycopodium L.
Christenhusz, M.J.M.; Zhang, X.-C.; Schneider, H. 2011: A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns. Phytotaxa 19: 7–54.
Names_Fungi record source Lycopodium

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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L.
L.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
1753
1100
ICN
Lycopodium L.
genus
Lycopodium
From the Greek lykos (a wolf) and pod (a foot), a reference to the appearance of some species.

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Lycopodiopsida
Lycopodiales
Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodium

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Lycopodium L.

Sporangia 1-3 mm. diam., reniform to subspherical, yellowish, solitary in axils of sporophylls, aggregated into stalked or sessile strobili, or scattered along stems, dehiscing by slit transverse to sporophyll. Spores tetrahedral, with 3 radiate ridges on flat surface. Stems dichotomously branched, with numerous scale-like lvs. Lvs imbricate, alike, or more or less distichous and dimorphic. Subcosmopolitan, with over 150 spp.

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Lycopodium L.
Fiji
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Lycopodium L.
Ireland
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Lycopodium L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Lycopodium L.
Norway
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Lycopodium L.
United Kingdom
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Etymology
From the Greek lykos (a wolf) and pod (a foot), a reference to the appearance of some species.

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2371be46-e5be-48da-a3c4-d86c8a6b4340
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
9 January 2020
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