Lycopodiophyta

E51058

Lycopodiophyta is an ancient division of vascular plants that includes clubmosses and their relatives, characterized by microphyll leaves and spore-based reproduction.

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Lycopodiophyta canonical 3
Lycopodiales 2
Selaginellales 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf plant division
vascular plant clade
characterizedBy microphyll leaves
protostele-type vascular system
spore-based reproduction
chromosomeType haploid spores
commonName lycophytes
containsClass Lycopodiopsida
linked to: Lycopodiophyta
containsFamily Isoetaceae
linked to: Lycopodiophyta

Lycopodiaceae
linked to: Lycopodiophyta

Selaginellaceae
linked to: Lycopodiophyta
containsOrder Isoetales
Lycopodiales
linked to: Lycopodiophyta

Selaginellales
linked to: Lycopodiophyta
contributedTo Carboniferous coal forests
distribution cosmopolitan
diversifiedIn Devonian period
economicUse ornamental plants
spores used as lycopodium powder
traditional medicine
evolutionaryAge Paleozoic origin
fertilizationRequires water
firstAppearance Silurian period
linked to: Silurian
gametophyteType independent gametophyte
habitat epiphytic
terrestrial
wetlands
hadArborescentFormsIn Carboniferous period
hasLeaves true
hasRoots true
hasStems true
hasVascularTissue true
includes clubmosses
quillworts
spikemosses
isFern false
isFloweringPlant false
isSeedPlant false
kingdom Plantae
leafType microphylls
lifeCycle alternation of generations
modernHabit mostly small herbaceous plants
oftenForms strobili
photosyntheticPathway C3
reproductionType spore-bearing
sisterGroupTo Euphyllophyta
linked to: Tracheophyta
sporangiaPosition adaxial surface of microphylls
sporesProducedIn sporangia
sporeType heterosporous in Isoetaceae
heterosporous in Selaginellaceae
homosporous in Lycopodiaceae
taxonRank division

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tracheophyta superdivisionOf Lycopodiophyta
Lycopodiophyta containsClass Lycopodiopsida
linked to: Lycopodiophyta
Lycopodiophyta containsOrder Lycopodiales
linked to: Lycopodiophyta
Lycopodiophyta containsOrder Selaginellales
linked to: Lycopodiophyta
Lycopodiophyta containsFamily Lycopodiaceae
linked to: Lycopodiophyta
Lycopodiophyta containsFamily Selaginellaceae
linked to: Lycopodiophyta
Lycopodiophyta containsFamily Isoetaceae
linked to: Lycopodiophyta
Isoetales division Lycopodiophyta
Isoetales phylum Lycopodiophyta
Isoetales class Isoetopsida
linked to: Lycopodiophyta
Isoetales subclass Isoetidae
linked to: Lycopodiophyta
Isoetales distinguishedFrom Selaginellales
linked to: Lycopodiophyta
Isoetales distinguishedFrom Lycopodiales
linked to: Lycopodiophyta