Pseudodiphasium

Pseudodiphasium is a genus of lycophyte in the family Lycopodiaceae with only one species, Pseudodiphasium volubile. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the genus is placed in the subfamily Lycopodioideae.[2] Some sources do not recognize the genus, sinking it into Lycopodium.[3] Pseudodiphasium volubile is native from Peninsular Malaysia to Queensland, Australia, and has been introduced into Ecuador.[1]

Pseudodiphasium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Lycopodiales
Family: Lycopodiaceae
Genus: Pseudodiphasium
Holub[1]
Species:
P. volubile
Binomial name
Pseudodiphasium volubile
(G.Forst.) Holub[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Lepidotis volubilis (G.Forst.) Rothm.
  • Lycopodium durvillei A.Rich.
  • Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.
  • Lycopodium spectabile Blume

References
  1. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019), "Pseudodiphasium volubile", 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
  3. "Pseudodiphasium Holub", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-12-08


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