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Common Names


Lycophytes include Clubmosses, Spikemosses, and Quillworts.

 

Latin Synonyms


Lycopodiophyta

 

Linnaean Rank


Division

 

Ancestral Phylogeny and Taxonomy


 

Embryophyta Marchantiomorpha
  Anthocertophyta
  Bryophyta
  Horneophytopsida
  Aglaophyton major
Tracheophyta Rhyniopsida
  Lycophyta
Euphyllophytina Trimerophyta
Pteridophyta Cladoxylopsida
Equisetophyta
Psilophyta
Pterophyta
Marattiaceae
Spermatophyta "†Progymnosperms"
  Cycadeoidophyta
Ginkgophyta
Coniferophyta
Gnetophyta
Cycadophyta
Angiospermae

 

Explanation of phylogenetic trees

 

 

 

Lineage

Terrabiota, Cytota, Neomura, Eukaryota, Bikonta, Archaeplastida, Plantae, Streptobionta, Embryophyta, Tracheophyta

 

Descendant Phylogeny and Taxonomy


 

Lycophyta Lepidodendron
Pleuromeia
Lycopodium
Selaginella
Isoetes

 

Explanation of phylogenetic trees

 

 

 

Morphology


 

 

Distribution


 

 

Ecology


 

 

Evolution


 

 

Development


 

 

Ethnobotany


 

 

Population


 

 

Notes and Comments


 

 

References


Literature

 

 

Information on the Internet

 

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