Pseudodiphasium

Pseudodiphasium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Lycophytes
Class:	Lycopodiopsida
Order:	Lycopodiales
Family:	Lycopodiaceae
Subfamily:	Lycopodioideae
Genus:	Pseudodiphasium (G.Forst.) Holub [1]
Type species
Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.
Synonyms [1]
Lepidotis volubilis(G.Forst.) Rothm. Lycopodium durvilleiA.Rich. Lycopodium volubileG.Forst. Lycopodium spectabileBlume

Pseudodiphasium is a monophyletic genus of lycophyte in the family Lycopodiaceae with only one species, Pseudodiphasium volubile. Pseudodiphasium volubile is native from Peninsular Malaysia to Queensland, Australia, and has been introduced into Ecuador. ^[1] In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the genus is placed in the subfamily Lycopodioideae. ^[2] Some sources do not recognize the genus, sinking it into Lycopodium . ^[3]

Taxonomy

Josef Ludwig Holub formally raised this group to the status of genus as Pseudodiphasium in 1983. ^[4]

Extinction

In Australia Pseudodiphasium volubile is listed as "extinct" under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 as Lycopodium volubile and "extinct of the wild" under the Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992 as Pseudodiphasium volubile. ^[5]

References

1. Hassler, Michael. "Pseudodiphasium". World Ferns. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
2. PPG I (2016), "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns", Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 54 (6): 563–603, Bibcode:2016JSyEv..54..563., doi: 10.1111/jse.12229 , S2CID   39980610
3. "Pseudodiphasium Holub", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-12-08
4. Holub, Josef (1983). "Validation of Generic Names in Lycopodiaceae: With a Description of a New Genus Pseudolycopodiella". Folia Geobotanica & Phytotaxonomica. 18 (4): 439–442. doi:10.1007/BF02857270. JSTOR   4180465.
5. "Pseudodiphasium volubile - SPRAT profile". Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. DCCEEW.