Dendrolycopodium
Genus of spore-bearing plants
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The genus Dendrolycopodium is a clubmoss genus in the family Lycopodiaceae. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is placed in the subfamily Lycopodioideae.[1] Some sources do not recognize the genus, sinking it into Lycopodium.[2] It is treated as section Obscura when retained within Lycopodium. The genus includes a discrete group of plants with similar morphologies. All have erect to semi-erect, branched stems.
| Dendrolycopodium | |
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| Dendrolycopodium dendroideum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Lycophytes |
| Class: | Lycopodiopsida |
| Order: | Lycopodiales |
| Family: | Lycopodiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lycopodioideae |
| Genus: | Dendrolycopodium A. Haines |
| Species | |
| Synonyms | |
Species
As of June 2024[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:[3]
- Dendrolycopodium dendroideum (Michx.) A.Haines – northern North America, eastern Asia
- Dendrolycopodium hickeyi (W.H.Wagner, Beitel & R.C.Moran) A.Haines – northeastern North America
- Dendrolycopodium juniperoideum (Sw.) A.Haines – northeast Asia (central Siberia)
- Dendrolycopodium obscurum (L.) A.Haines – northeast North America, northeast Asia
- Dendrolycopodium verticale (Li Bing Zhang) Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou - China, Himalayas
