Lycopodiopsida
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[ Liliopsida ] [ Lycopodiopsida ] [ Magnoliopsida ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Class Lycopodiopsida

clubmoss
clubmosses
fern-allies
firmoss
heterophyllium moss

Hierarchical position of the Class Lycopodiopsida

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Lycopodiophyta D.H. Scott
pub. Stud. Foss. Pl., ed. 2: 616, 617. 1909.
common name: clubmosses, quillworts
  
   Subdivisio  Lycopodiophytina Tippo ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: clubmosses
  
   Classis  Lycopodiopsida Bartl.
pub. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 14, 19. Sep 1830.
common name: clubmosses
  

Named members of the Class Lycopodiopsida

1
   Subclassis  Lycopodiidae Bek.
pub. Kurs Bot. 1: 115. 1862.
  
 
2
   Ordo  Lycopodiales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 67. 1829.
  
3
   Subclassis  Selaginellidae Knobl. in Warm.
pub. Handb. Syst. Bot. (ed. Knoblauch): 157. Apr 1890.
  
 
4
   Ordo  Selaginellales Prantl
pub. Lehrb. Bot.: 116, 124. 1874.
  

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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