Lycopodiella

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Tracheophyta
Divisio: Lycopodiophyta
Classis: Lycopodiopsida
Subclassis: Lycopodiidae
Ordo: Lycopodiales

Familia: Lycopodiaceae
Subfamilia: Lycopodielloideae
Genus: Lycopodiella
Species: L. alopecuroides – L. andicola – L. appressa – L. duseniana – L. geometra – (L. hydrophila –) L. inundata – L. longipes – L. margueritae – L. prostrata – L. subappressa – L. tupiana
Nothospecies: L. × brucei – L. × copelandii – L. × gilmanii – L. × robusta

Names in synonymy, or species belonging to other genera: L. affinis – L. bradei – L. brevibracteata – L. brevipedunculata – L. camporum – L. carnosa – L. caroliniana – L. cernua – L. contexta – L. descendens – L. diffusa – L. ericina – L. glaucescens – L. hainanense – L. iuliformis – L. lateralis – L. lehmannii – L. limosa – L. mariana – L. pendulina – L. pungens – L. raiateensis – L. riofrioi – L. robusta – L. salakensis – L. serpentina – L. steyermarkii – L. suffruticosa – L. tomentosa – L. torta – L. trianae
Name

Lycopodiella Holub, Preslia 36: 20, 22. 1964 [Mar 1964]
References
Primary references

Holub, J. 1964. Lycopodiella, nový rod řádu Lycopodiales. Lycopodiella, eine neue Gattung der Ordnung Lycopodiales. Preslia 36(1): 16–22. PDF Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. & Schmitt, B. 2019. World Ferns. Checklist of the Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 7.71 – March 2019. Accessed 9 May 2019.
Hassler, M. 2019. Lycopodiella – World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World . In: Roskov Y., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J. & Penev L. (eds.) 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 09.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Lycopodiella. Published online. Accessed: May 09 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Lycopodiella in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 09.
Tropicos.org 2019. Lycopodiella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 May 2019.

Vernacular names
English: Bog Clubmosses
suomi: Konnanlieot
norsk: Myrkråkefotslekten, Dvergkråkefotslekten
polski: Widłaczek
українська: Лікоподієла

Lycopodiella is a genus in the clubmoss family Lycopodiaceae. The genus members are commonly called bog clubmosses, describing their wetland habitat. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution,[1] with centers of diversity in the tropical New World and New Guinea. In the past, the genus was often incorporated within the related genus Lycopodium, but was segregated in 1964.[2] In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), Lycopodiella is placed in the subfamily Lycopodielloideae, along with three other genera. In this circumscription, the genus has about 15 species.[3] Other sources use a wider circumscription, in which the genus is equivalent to the Lycopodielloideae of PPG I, in which case about 40 species and hybrids are accepted.
Description

Lycopodiella are non-flowering plants. They have leafy rhizomes that grow along the ground and vertical, leafy shoots, also known as peduncles.[4] Fertile peduncles have strobili at the top of the shoot.[4] Individuals can have short, creeping rhizomes with simple strobili, branching rhizomes with many strobili, or anywhere in between.[1] The North American specimens are typically shorter, have thinner shoots, and have fewer vertical shoots in the North than specimen in the South.[5]
Life cycle

Lycopodiella life cycles include an independent sporophyte stage and a long-lived gametophyte stage.[6] Individuals reproduce by single-celled spores that disperse and germinate into small plants when in suitable conditions.[2] This part of the plant is called the gametophyte; it produces the eggs and sperm.[2] In Lycopodiella the gametophytes grow on the surface of the soil and are partially photosynthetic.[7] After fertilization, the embryos grow into sporophytes, which are larger spore-bearing plants.[2] The sporophyte is the vegetative part of the plant seen in nature. Juvenile individuals typically re-sprout in the spring or after a fire.[4] Individuals have a base chromosome number of 78.[8]
Taxonomy

In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), Lycopodiella is placed in the subfamily Lycopodielloideae, along with three other genera (Lateristachys, Palhinhaea and Pseudolycopodiella).[3] In 2022, an additional monotypic genus, Brownseya, was segregated from Pseudolycopodiella to render the latter monophyletic.[9] Other sources do not recognize these genera, submerging them into Lycopodiella.[10][11]
Extant species
Lycopodiella inundata

As of June 2024, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:[12]

Lycopodiella alopecuroides (L.) Cranfill – foxtail clubmoss; North and South America
Lycopodiella andicola B.Øllg. - northern Andes Mountains
Lycopodiella appressa (Chapm.) Cranfill – southern clubmoss, appressed bog clubmoss; eastern North America, Cuba
Lycopodiella duseniana (B.Øllg. & P.G.Windisch) B.Øllg. - Brazil
Lycopodiella geometra B.Øllg. & P.G.Windisch – southern South America
Lycopodiella inundata (L.) Holub – marsh clubmoss or bog clubmoss; circumboreal cool temperate
Lycopodiella longipes (Hook. & Grev.) Holub – Central and South America, Cuba
Lycopodiella margueriteae J.G.Bruce – northern prostrate clubmoss; central and eastern United States
Lycopodiella mathewsii (Hook.) Holub – northern South America
Lycopodiella prostrata (R.M.Harper) Cranfill – feather stem clubmoss; southeastern United States
Lycopodiella subappressa J.G.Bruce, W.H.Wagner & Beitel – northern appressed clubmoss; central and eastern United States
Lycopodiella tupiana (B.Øllg. & P.G.Windisch) B.Øllg. – southern South America

Some hybrids have also been described:[12]

Lycopodiella × brucei Cranfill
Lycopodiella × copelandii (Eiger) Cranfill
Lycopodiella × gilmanii A.Haines
Lycopodiella × robusta (R.J.Eaton) A.Haines

Distribution and habitat

Lycopodiella is found worldwide, but typically in temperate and tropical areas, a majority of which are found in North and South America.[13] Individuals are typically found in terrestrial lowlands or montane forests on poor soils.[14] Much of the soils are sandy and saturated and have little to no organic layer.[2]
North America

The known Lycopodiella in North America consists of six species and four hybrids.[15] All but one species of Lycopodiella, Lycopodiella inundata, are limited to the East coast, Gulf of Mexico, and/or Great Lakes region.[15] L. inundata is found from New England to Alaska and down into California.[15]
References

Wikström, Niklas; Kendrick, Paul (2000). "Relationships of Lycopodium and Lycopodiella Based on Combined Plastid rbcL Gene and trnL Intron Sequence Data". Relationships of Lycopodium and Lycopodiella Based on Combined Plastid RBCL Gene and TRNL Intron Sequence Data. 25 (3): 496.
Gilman, Arthur (2004). Lycopodiella alopecuroides (L.) Cranfill Foxtail bog clubmoss. pp. i, 3.
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. S2CID 39980610.
Weakley, Alan (2010). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. pp. 18–19.
Haines, Arthur (2003). "Lycopodiella ×gilmanii (Lycopodiaceae), a New Hybrid Bog Clubmoss from Northeastern North America". American Fern Journal. 93 (4): 196–197. doi:10.1640/0002-8444(2003)093[0196:LGLANH]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 85779335.
Winther, Jennifer; Friedman, William (2007). "Blackwell Publishing Ltd Arbuscular mycorrhizal associations in Lycopodiaceae". New Phytologist. 177 (3): 790–801. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02276.x. PMID 17971070.
Conservation Assessment for Northern Appressed Club-moss and Northern Prostrate Club-moss
Arana, Marcelo; Gonzalez, Andrés; Bonifacino, Mauricio; Brussa, Carlos (2017). "A Revision of Lycopodiaceae from Uruguay". International Journal of Advanced Research in Botany. 3 (4): 28.
Chen, De-Kui; Zhou, Xin-Mao; Rothfels, Carl J.; Shepherd, Lara D.; Knapp, Ralf; Zhang, Liang; Lu, Ngan Thi; Fan, Xue-Ping; Wan, Xia; Gao, Xin-Fen; He, Hai; Zhang, Li-Bing (2022). "A global phylogeny of Lycopodiaceae (Lycopodiales; lycophytes) with the description of a new genus, Brownseya, from Oceania". Taxon. 71 (1): 25–51. doi:10.1002/tax.12597. S2CID 243840820.
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