Lycopodiales
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annotated classification
- In lycophyte: Annotated classification
Order Lycopodiales (club mosses) Living and extinct plants with primary growth only; homosporous; 16 living genera, mostly tropical: Huperzia (10–15 species), Lycopodium (9–15 species), Lycopodiella (15 species), and Phylloglossum (1
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Carboniferous Period
- In Carboniferous Period: Plants
…most important groups were the lycopods, sphenopsids, cordaites, seed ferns, and true ferns. Lysopods are represented in the modern world only by club mosses, but in the Carboniferous Period they included tall trees with dense, spirally arranged leaves. Reproduction involved either cones or
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lycophytes
- In lycophyte
…recognized: the club mosses (Lycopodiales), the quillworts and their allies (Isoetales), and the spike mosses (Selaginellales). This classification is based on the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group I (PPG I) system, published in 2016. Lycophytes are widely distributed but are especially numerous in the tropics.
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