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  1. Lycopodiaceae P.Beauv. ex Mirb.

      2. This family is accepted.

[FTEA]

Lycopodiaceae, B. Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D.. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005

Habit
Terrestrial or epiphytic herbs or sometimesgrowing on rocks, with erect, pendulous, climbing or prostrate, unbranched or dichotomously branched stems
Leaves
Leaves small, simple, single-veined, spirally arranged or decussate
[FWTA]

Lycopodiaceae, A.H.G Alston. Flora of West Tropical Africa. 1959

Habit
Perennial herbs, terrestrial or epiphytic
Stem
Stems erect, prostrate or pendulous; branches leafy, dichotomous or pinnate
Leaves
Leaves small, simple, 1–nerved, without ligules, usually spirally arranged, often decurrent, rarely with leaves on two planes

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Accepted Genera

Other Data

Lycopodiaceae P.Beauv. ex Mirb. appears in other Kew resources:

Bibliography

First published in Hist. Nat. Vég. [Lam. & Mirbel] 4: 293. 1802 [21 Nov 1802] , as 'Lycopodia' (1802)

Sources

Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Flora of West Tropical Africa
Flora of West Tropical Africa
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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