The Lycopodiaceae (class Lycopodiopsida, order Lycopodiales) is a family of primitive vascular plants, including all of the core clubmosses. These plants bear spores on specialized structures at the apex of a shoot; they resemble a tiny battle club, from which the common name derives. They are non-flowering and do not produce seeds.

The genera Huperzia, Phlegmariurus and Phylloglossum, often included in this family in older texts, are here treated in the separate family Huperziaceae; they differ in producing spores in small lateral structures in the leaf axils.

Uses

The spores have been used by violin makers for centuries as a pore filler. This filler is commercially available through Howard Core and Associates.

External links

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• Family description of Lycopodiaceae (follows a broad circumscription of the family, including Huperziaceae)

Lycopodiophyta

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