Lycopodiidae

Lycopodiidae Temporal range: 428–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Silurian
Lycopodiella inundata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Class:	Equisetopsida
Subclass:	Lycopodiidae Bek. 1863
Synonyms
Lycopodiophyta

Lycopodiidae is a subclass of Equisetopsida in the sense used by Mark W. Chase and James L. Reveal in their 2009 article "A phylogenetic classification of the land plants to accompany APG III."^[1] This subclass comprises the Lycopods. It is equivalent to the division Lycopodiophyta in previous classifications.

Phylogeny

The following diagram shows a likely phylogenic relationship between subclass Lycopodiidae and the other Equisetopsida subclasses.

Equisetopsida  Marchantiidae   Bryidae   Anthocerotidae   Lycopodiidae   Equisetidae   Ophioglossidae   Marattiidae   Polypodiidae   Cycadidae   Ginkgoidae   Gnetidae   Pinidae   Magnoliidae

bryophytes lycopodiophytes monilophytes gymnosperms angiosperms

References

1. Mark W. Chase & James L. Reveal (2009). "A phylogenetic classification of the land plants to accompany APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161: 122–127. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.01002.x.