Diphasium

Diphasium is a genus of lycophytes in the family Lycopodiaceae. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is placed in the subfamily Lycopodioideae.[2] Some sources do not recognize the genus, sinking it into Lycopodium,[3] others include it in Diphasiastrum.[1] Diphasium species are mostly native to the temperate southern hemisphere, but extend northwards into Central America and the Caribbean.[1]

Diphasium
Diphasium scariosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Lycopodiales
Family: Lycopodiaceae
Subfamily: Lycopodioideae
Genus: Diphasium
C.Presl ex Rothm.[1]
Species

See text.

Species

As of December 2019, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:[1]

  • Diphasium gayanum (J.Rémy) Holub
  • Diphasium jussiaei (Desv. ex Poir.) Rothm.
  • Diphasium lawessonianum (B.Øllg.) B.Øllg.
  • Diphasium scariosum (G.Forst.) Rothm.

References

  1. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019), "Diphasium", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.11, retrieved 2019-12-08
  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
  3. "Diphasium C.Presl ex Rothm.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-12-08


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