Diphasium scariosum

Diphasium scariosum, synonym Lycopodium scariosum,[1] commonly known as spreading clubmoss or creeping club moss, is a species in the club moss family Lycopodiaceae. The genus Diphasium is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I),[2] but not in other classifications which submerge the genus in Lycopodium.[3] D. scariosum is native to Australia, New Zealand, and Borneo.[4][5][6]

Diphasium scariosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Lycopodiales
Family: Lycopodiaceae
Genus: Diphasium
Species:
D. scariosum
Binomial name
Diphasium scariosum
(G.Forster) Rothm.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Diphasium decurrens (R.Br.) Holub
  • Lycopodium decurrens R.Br.
  • Lycopodium distans Colenso
  • Lycopodium lessonianum A.Rich.
  • Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst.
  • Stachygynandrum scariosum (G.Forster) P.Beauv.

Diphasium scariosum has stems that lie on the ground, are multi branched and can grow to 2 m long. The leaves are flat and can be up to 4 mm long.[7]

References
  1. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019). "Diphasium scariosum". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. 8.11. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  2. PPG I (2016). "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 54 (6): 563–603. doi:10.1111/jse.12229. S2CID 39980610.
  3. Christenhusz, Maarten J.M. & Chase, Mark W. (2014). "Trends and concepts in fern classification". Annals of Botany. 113 (9): 571–594. doi:10.1093/aob/mct299. PMC 3936591. PMID 24532607.
  4. Atlas of Living Australia, Lycopodium scariosum G.Forst., Spreading Clubmoss
  5. T.E.R:R.A.I.N - Taranaki Educational Resource: Research, Analysis and Information Network (New Zealand), Lycopodium scariosum (Creeping club moss)
  6. Family Lycopodiaceae, genus Lycopodium; world species list by Michael Hassler and Brian Swale
  7. "Creeping club moss (Lycopodium scariosum)". Taranaki Educational Resource: Research, Analysis and Information Network. Archived from the original on 2013-02-08. Retrieved 2012-05-19.


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