Scientific or common name:

Diphasiastrum alpinum (L.) Holub

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LYCOPODIACEAE - Club-moss family Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Diphasiastrum alpinum (L.) Holub
Nomencl. ref.: Preslia 47: 107 (1975)
Rank: species
See: ► Lycopodium alpinum L.

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Common names

U.S. name: Alpine clubmoss
Italian name: Licopodio alpino

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Grown habit: Subshrub, Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Lycopodium alpinum L.
= Diphasium alpinum (L.) Rothm.

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: -
Division: Lycopodiophyta
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Subclass: -
Order: Lycopodiales
Family: Lycopodiaceae
Genus: Diphasiastrum
Species:

1) Diphasiastrum alpinum (L.) Holub 2) Diphasiastrum complanatum (L.) Holub 3) Diphasiastrum digitatum (Dill. ex A. Braun) Holub 4) Diphasiastrum sabinifolium (Willd.) Holub 5) Diphasiastrum sitchense (Rupr.) Holub 6) Diphasiastrum tristachyum (Pursh) Holub 7) Diphasiastrum x habereri (House) Holub 8) Diphasiastrum x issleri (Rouy) Holub 9) Diphasiastrum x zeilleri (Rouy) Holub

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, ID, MT, WA), CAN (AB, BC, LB, NF, NT, NU, QC, YT), DEN (GL)


Map for Diphasiastrum alpinum (L.) Holub
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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Kingdoms
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1) Fungi 2) Plantae

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Divisions
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1) Anthocerotophyta (Hornworts) 2) Bryophyta (Mosses) 3) Chlorophyta (Green algae) 4) Coniferophyta (Conifers) 5) Cycadophyta (Cycads) 6) Equisetophyta (Horsetails) 7) Ginkgophyta (Ginkgo) 8) Gnetophyta (Gnetophytes) 9) Hepaticophyta (Liverworts) 10) Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods) 11) Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) 12) Psilophyta (Whisk-ferns) 13) Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Classes
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1) Lycopodiopsida

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Families
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1) Isoetaceae (Quillwort family) 2) Lycopodiaceae (Club-moss family) 3) Selaginellaceae (Spike-moss family)

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Genera (Lycopodiaceae)
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1) Diphasiastrum (clubmoss) 2) Diphasium (clubmoss) 3) Huperzia (clubmoss) 4) Lepidotis (clubmoss) 5) Lycopodiella (clubmoss) 6) Lycopodium (clubmoss) 7) Palhinhaea (clubmoss) 8) Phlegmariurus (clubmoss) 9) Pseudolycopodiella (clubmoss) 10) Urostachys (clubmoss)

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Common names (Diphasiastrum)
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1) Alpine clubmoss (Diphasiastrum alpinum) 2) Deeproot clubmoss (Diphasiastrum tristachyum) 3) Fan clubmoss (Diphasiastrum digitatum) 4) Groundcedar (Diphasiastrum complanatum) 5) Savinleaf groundpine (Diphasiastrum sabinifolium) 6) Sitka clubmoss (Diphasiastrum sitchense)

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More species:
1) Diphasiastrum complanatum (L.) Holub [199]
2) Diphasiastrum digitatum (Dill. ex A. Braun) Holub [171]
3) Diphasiastrum sabinifolium (Willd.) Holub [154]
4) Diphasiastrum tristachyum (Pursh) Holub [172]
5) Diphasiastrum x issleri (Rouy) Holub [155]
6) Diphasium anceps (Wallr.) A. Löve & D. Löve [158]
7) Diphasium complanatum (L.) Rothm. ssp. flabelliforme (Fernald) A. Löve & D. Löve [175]
8) Diphasium wallrothii H.P. Fuchs [169]
9) Diphyscium sessile Lindb. [160]
10) Diplachne uninervia (J. Presl) Parodi [92]

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