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Lycophyte
Lycophyte
Lycopodium
Nomenclature
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Order: LycopodialesFamily: Lycopodiaceae
Genus:
Lycopodium
SUMMARY
Main stems creeping, erect, or scandent, sparsely or densely leafy. Lateral branches ascending or erect, dichotomously branched. Leaves on lateral branches and branchlets, spirally arranged, papery to leathery, midrib indistinct, margin entire or toothed, apex acuminate. Strobili solitary or aggregated, stipitate; sporophylls subpeltate, margin membranous and irregularly toothed, apex caudate; sporangia reniform.