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Diphasium
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Diphasium

Diphasium is a genus of lycophytes in the family Lycopodiaceae. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is placed in the subfamily Lycopodioideae. Some sources do not recognize the genus, sinking it into Lycopodium, others include it in Diphasiastrum. Diphasium species are mostly native to the temperate southern hemisphere, but extend northwards into Central America and the Caribbean.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Creeping Clubmoss

speciesDiphasium scariosum

Diphasium jussiaei

speciesDiphasium jussiaei

Diphasium gayanum

speciesDiphasium gayanum

Diphasium lawessonianum

speciesDiphasium lawessonianum

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 764778.