Systematic Position and common species of Lycopodium (Club moss)

Taxonomic Position of Lycopodium

  Division: Lycophyta
Class: Lycopsida (Eligulopsida)
Family: Lycopodiaceae
Order: Lycopodiales
Genus: Lycopodium (club mosses, trailing pines, creeping pines)


Species: L. cernuum, L. elatum, L. clavatum, L. phlegmaria, L. complanatum etc

For more on Lycopodium:

• Lycopodium plant body
• Lycopodium stem anatomy
• Different types of stele found in Lycopodium
• Lycopodium strobilus
• Lycopodium Gametophyte or Prothallus
• Lycopodium Life cycle