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Lycopodioideae
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Lycopodioideae

Lycopodioideae is a subfamily in the family Lycopodiaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). It is equivalent to a broad circumscription of the genus Lycopodium in other classifications. Like all lycophytes, members of the Lycopodioideae reproduce by spores.

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6 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Ground cedars

genusDiphasiastrum

tree-clubmosses

genusDendrolycopodium

ground and creeping clubmosses

genusLycopodium

Spinulum

genusSpinulum

Austrolycopodium

genusAustrolycopodium

Diphasium

genusDiphasium

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