Lycophytes Flashcards
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Lycophytes
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aka Lycophylls
Small leaves with 1 STRAND OF VASCULAR TISSUE
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Family: ISOETACEAE
Genus: ISOETES
Common: Quillwort
- corm-like roots
- each leaf possesses a LIGULE
- microsporangia at leaf bases
- heterosporous
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FAMILY: LYCOPODIACEAE
GENUS: DIPHASIASTRUM
COMMON: Running Cedar
- homosporous
- sporangia in sporphylls aggregated into a strobilus
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FAMILY: LYCOPODIACEAE
GENUS: DENDROLYCOPODIUM
COMMON: Tree Clubmoss
- homosporous
- sporangia in sporphylls aggregated into a strobilus
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FAMILY: LYCOPODIACEAE
GENUS: SPINULUM
COMMON: Stiff Clubmoss
-stobili not stalked
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FAMILY: LYCOPODIACEAE
GENUS: HUPERZIA
-no strobili
sporangia grouped along stem
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FAMILY: LYCOPODIACEAE
GENUS: HUPERZIA
-no strobili
sporangia grouped along stem
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FAMILY: LYCOPODIACEAE
GENUS: LYCOPODIUM
COMMON: Staghorn Clubmoss
-dry spores used by Chinese as flash powder and condom lubricants
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FAMILY: SELAGINELLACEAE
GENUS: BRYODESMA
COMMON: Rock Spike Moss
- sporophylls aggregated into strobilus
- heterosporous
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FAMILY: SELAGINELLACEAE
GENUS: LYCOPODIOIDES
COMMON: Meadow Spike Moss
