Scientific or common name:

Diphasium alpinum (L.) Rothm.

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LYCOPODIACEAE - Club-moss family Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Diphasium alpinum (L.) Rothm.
Nomencl. ref.: Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 54: 65 (1944)
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.
= Diphasiastrum alpinum (L.) Holub

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TAXONOMY

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

1) Diphasium alpinum (L.) Rothm. 2) Diphasium anceps (Wallr.) A. Löve & D. Löve 3) Diphasium chamicyparissus (A. Braun) A. Löve & D. Löve 4) Diphasium complanatum (L.) Rothm. 5) Diphasium complanatum (L.) Rothm. ssp. chamicyparissus (A. Braun) Kukkonen 6) Diphasium complanatum (L.) Rothm. ssp. flabelliforme (Fernald) A. Löve & D. Löve 7) Diphasium complanatum (L.) Rothm. ssp. montellii Kukkonen 8) Diphasium issleri (Rouy) Holub 9) Diphasium sitchense (Rupr.) A. Löve & D. Löve 10) Diphasium tristachyum (Pursh) Rothm. 11) Diphasium wallrothii H.P. Fuchs 12) Diphasium zeilleri (Rouy) Damboldt

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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 Diphasium alpinum (L.) Rothm.
(*) 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 (Diphasium)
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1) Alpine clubmoss (Diphasium alpinum) 2) Deeproot clubmoss (Diphasium chamicyparissus) 3) Fan clubmoss (Diphasium complanatum subsp. flabelliforme) 4) Groundcedar (Diphasium complanatum) 5) Sitka clubmoss (Diphasium sitchense)

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More species:
1) Diphasium anceps (Wallr.) A. Löve & D. Löve [158]
2) Diphasium chamicyparissus (A. Braun) A. Löve & D. Löve [150]
3) Diphasium complanatum (L.) Rothm. [158]
4) Diphasium complanatum (L.) Rothm. ssp. flabelliforme (Fernald) A. Löve & D. Löve [175]
5) Diphasium issleri (Rouy) Holub [136]
6) Diphasium wallrothii H.P. Fuchs [169]
7) Dipholis salicifolia (L.) A. DC. [167]
8) Diplachne fascicularis (Lam.) P. Beauv. [141]
9) Diplachne viscida Scribn. [138]
10) Diplacus glutinosus (J.C. Wendl.) Nutt. var. grandiflorus Lindl. [146]

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