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Lycopodiaceae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 17012

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Phylloglossaceae
 
    Huperziaceae
 
  Common Name(s): club mosses [English]
  
    club-moss family [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionLycopodiophytina   
                   ClassLycopodiopsida   
                      SubclassLycopodiidae   
                         OrderLycopodiales  – clubmosses  
                            FamilyLycopodiaceae  – club mosses, club-moss family  
    Direct Children:  
                               Subfamily Huperzioideae W.H. Wagner & Beitel ex B. Ĝllg.  
                               Subfamily Lycopodielloideae W.H. Wagner & Beitel ex B. Ĝllg.  
                               Subfamily Lycopodioideae W.H. Wagner & Beitel ex B. Ĝllg.  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan R. Smith  
  Notes: Research Botanist, University Herbarium, 1001 Valley Life Sciences Bldg. #2465, Berkeley, California, 94720-2465, USA   
  Reference for: Lycopodiaceae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Lycopodiaceae of North America Update, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Lycopodiaceae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lycopodiaceae   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Lycopodiaceae   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Lycopodiaceae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., Xian-Chun Zhang, and Harald Schneider  
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Phytotaxa, vol. 19   
  Page(s): 7-54   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1179-3155   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/content/2011/f/pt00019p054.pdf   
  Reference for: Lycopodiaceae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ĝllgaard, B. / Davidse, Gerrit, Mario Sousa Sánchez, and Sandra Knapp, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1995   
  Article/Chapter Title: 3. Lycopodiaceae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Flora Mesoamericana, vol. 1: Psilotaceae a Salviniaceae   
  Page(s): 5-22   
  Publisher: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México   
  Publication Place: Mexico City, Mexico   
  ISBN/ISSN: 968-36-4700-6   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lycopodiaceae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ĝllgaard, Benjamin  
  Publication Date: 1989   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Index of the Lycopodiaceae   
  Page(s): 135   
  Publisher: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters   
  Publication Place: Copenhagen, Denmark   
  ISBN/ISSN: 87-7304-195-5   
  Notes: Alternately may be cited as a periodical: Biologiske Skrifter 34: 1-135. ISSN 0366-3612   
  Reference for: Lycopodiaceae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Systematics and Evolution, vol. 54, no. 6   
  Page(s): 563-603   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1759-6831   
  Notes: doi: 10.1111/jse.12229   
  Reference for: Lycopodiaceae   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: On the advice of A.R. Smith and other lycopod experts, ITIS is following Ĝllgaard's Index of the Lycopodiaceae (1989), rather than the family chapter in the 1993 Flora of North America North of Mexico, vol. 2  
 

 

    

 
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