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Pseudodiphasium

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Pseudodiphasium
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Hassler, Michael. "Pseudodiphasium". World Ferns. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  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. ^ "Pseudodiphasium Holub", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-12-08