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Lycopodium
Also called Club Moss, Clubmosses, Ground Pine, Ground And Creeping Clubmosses, Creeping Cedars, Ground Pines, Running Pines
Lycopodium is a genus of flowerless, spore-producing clubmosses (ground pines) in the family Lycopodiaceae, with creeping, needle-leaved stems. Grow them in cool, moist, shaded conditions with acidic, humus-rich soil; many species are slow and tricky outside their native habitat.
Lycopodium (from Ancient Greek lykos, 'wolf' and podion, diminutive of pous, 'foot') is a genus of clubmosses, also known as ground pines or creeping cedars, in the family Lycopodiaceae. Two very different circumscriptions of the genus are in use. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), Lycopodium is one of nine genera in the subfamily Lycopodioideae, and has from nine to 15 species. In other classifications, the genus is equivalent to the whole of the subfamily, since it includes all of the other genera. More than 40 species are accepted.
The spores of Lycopodium species are harvested and are sold as lycopodium powder.
Stag's-horn Clubmoss · Lycopodium japonicum · One-cone clubmoss
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