Dendrolycopodium obscurum

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Lycopodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Lycopodiophyta Classis: Lycopodiopsida Subclassis: Lycopodiidae Ordo: Lycopodiales

Dendrolycopodium obscurum (L.) A.Haines, Fam. Huperziac. Lycopodiac. New England 84 (2003).

Basionym
- Lycopodium obscurum L., Spec. Pl. 2: 1102 (1753).
Homotypic
- Lycopodium dendroideum var. obscurum (L.) Torr. ex L.C.Beck, Bot. North. Middle States: 460 (1833).
Heterotypic
- Lycopodium obscurum subvar. breve Farw., Amer. Fern J. 27: 19 (1937).
- Lycopodium obscurum f. breve (Farw.) M.Broun, Index N. Amer. Ferns 110 (1938).
- Lycopodium obscurum subvar. brevispicatum Farw., Amer. Fern J. 27: 19 (1937).
- Lycopodium obscurum f. brevispicatum (Farw.) M.Broun, Index N. Amer. Ferns 111 (1938).
- Lycopodium obscurum f. exsertum Vict., Contr. Lab. Bot. Univ. Montréal 3: 32 (1925).
- Lycopodium obscurum f. exsertum-furcatum Vict., Contr. Lab. Bot. Univ. Montréal 3: 33 (1925).
- Lycopodium obscurum subvar. foliaceum Farw., Amer. Fern J. 27: 19 (1937).
- Lycopodium obscurum f. foliaceum (Farw.) M.Broun, Index N. Amer. Ferns 110 (1938).
- Lycopodium obscurum f. monostachyon Vict., Contr. Lab. Bot. Univ. Montréal 3: 33 (1925).
- Lycopodium obscurum subvar. parvispicatum Farw., Amer. Fern J. 27: 19 (1937).
- Lycopodium obscurum f. parvispicatum (Farw.) M.Broun, Index N. Amer. Ferns 110 (1938).
- Lycopodium obscurum f. proliferum Vict., Contr. Lab. Bot. Univ. Montréal 3: 32 (1925).
- Lycopodium obscurum subvar. proliferum (Vict.) Farw., Amer. Fern J. 27: 19 (1937).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Subarctic America
  - Alaska
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia,
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.

Beck, L.C. 1833. Botany of the Northern and Middle States, or, A description of the plants found in the United States, north of Virginia, arranged according to the natural system, with a synopsis of the genera according to the Linnaean system— a sketch of the rudiments of botany, and a glossary of terms. 471 pp. Printed by Webster and Skinners, Albany. BHL Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1102. Reference page. (Basionym}}

Hassler, M. 27. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. (Version 7.71 – March 2019). Dendrolycopodium obscurum Accessed: 2019 May 27.
Hassler, M. 2019. Dendrolycopodium obscurum – World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World . In: Roskov Y., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J. & Penev L. (eds.) 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 27.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Dendrolycopodium obscurum. Published online. Accessed: May 27 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Dendrolycopodium obscurum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 27. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Dendrolycopodium obscurum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 May 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Dendrolycopodium obscurum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile

English: rare clubmoss