Lycopodium lagopus

Lycopodium lagopus (one-cone club-moss)[5] is an arctic and subarctic species of plants in the genus Lycopodium in the clubmoss family. It is widespread in cold, northerly regions: Canada, Greenland, Russia, Scandinavia, and the northern United States including Alaska.[4][6][7][8][9][10]

Lycopodium lagopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Lycopodiales
Family: Lycopodiaceae
Genus: Lycopodium
Species:
L. lagopus
Binomial name
Lycopodium lagopus
(Laest. ex C.Hartm.) Zinserl. ex Kuzen[1]
Synonyms[2][3][4]

Lycopodium lagopus is very similar to L. clavatum except that it rarely has more than one cone per stem. There has been no evidence of the two interbreeding, even though they can sometimes be found growing next to each other.[5]

References
  1. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019), "Lycopodium lagopus", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.11, retrieved 2019-12-01
  2. The Plant List, Lycopodium lagopus (Laestadius ex C. Hartman) G. Zinserling ex Kuzeneva-Prochorova
  3. The Plant List, Lycopodium clavatum L.
  4. "Family Lycopodiaceae, genus Lycopodium; world species list". Archived from the original on 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  5. Flora of North America, Lycopodium lagopus (Laestadius ex C. Hartman) G. Zinserling ex Kuzeneva Prochorova, 1953. One-cone club-moss, lycopode patte-de-lapin
  6. Czerepanov, S. K. 1981. Sosudistye Rasteniia SSSR 509 pages. Nauka, Leningradskoe Otd-nie, Leningrad.
  7. Lycopodium lagopus - Ferns in Britain and Ireland - Roger Golding photos in Scotland
  8. Alaska Wildflowers photos
  9. Lycopodium lagopus - Плаун куропаточий photo from Murmansk region of European Russia
  10. Altervista Flora Italiana, Lycopodium clavatum subsp. monostachyon (Grev. & Hook.) Selander


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