Lycopodium: Habit and Habitat and Morphology - Biology …
Habit and Habitat of Lycopodium: Lycopodium is commonly known as ‘club moss’ due to their moss like appearance and club shaped strobili. It has about 400 species, which are cosmopolitan in distribution.
Lycopodium (Clubmoss): Structure, Reproduction, Uses - Microbe …
2024年8月15日 · Occurrence and Habit of Lycopodium. Lycopodium is a cosmopolitan genus with about 400 species that are found under varied habitats. Lycopodium are commonly found in tropical, sub-tropical and temperate region but some of the species are also found in colder climatic region. Most of the tropical species are epiphytic and grow hanging from the ...
Lycopodium - Wikipedia
Lycopodium (from Greek lykos, wolf and podion, diminutive of pous, foot) [2] is a genus of clubmosses, also known as ground pines or creeping cedars, [3] in the family Lycopodiaceae. Two very different circumscriptions of the genus are in use.
Lycopodium: Distribution, Structure, Reproduction - Biology Learner
2023年6月17日 · The species of Lycopodium show various habits. They are either prostrate, semi-erect, or pendent. Species like L. lucidulum and L. reflexum are erect and shurby, while L. volubile is a climber.
The clubmosses (traditionally classified species of the genus Lycopodium) are low, evergreen plants with tiny leaves (Fig. 1). They commonly, though not always, have their spore-producing structures in club-like structures that stick up in the air above the rest of the plant. The name comes to us from the Greek, lykos
LYCOPODIUM External Morphology • Plant body is the sporophyte • Differentiated into root, stem and leaves • Considering the variation in habit of different species, Pritzel (1900) divided the genus Lycopodium into two sub-genera: – Urostachya – Rhopalostachya
2.9: Clubmosses - Lycopodium - Biology LibreTexts
2021年10月13日 · Club mosses are representatives of the Lycopodiophyta, plants that are very important in the fossil record and in the history of plant life but are not particularly diverse or common now. World-wide there are around 1000 species in the group.
Life Cycle and Morphology of Lycopodium: A Comprehensive …
Lycopodium species are found in various habitats, ranging from moist forests to arid environments. They are characterized by their small, herbaceous nature and unique reproductive structures. Some species of Lycopodium: Morphological Characteristics (up to 10):
20.7: Lycopodiopsida - Biology LibreTexts
2024年1月18日 · Haploid spores grow into bisexual gametophytes in Lycopodium. In Selaginella, microspores develop into microgametophytes that produce sperm and megaspores develop into megagametophytes that produce eggs. Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): A club moss, genus Lycopodium. The upright, yellowish structures are developing strobili.
6.1.1: Lycopodium - Biology LibreTexts
In Lycopodium, the gametophyte grows from a homospore and is bisexual, producing both antheridia and archegonia. Figure 6.1.1.1 6.1.1. 1: A preserved Lycopodium gametophyte. The flat thallus extending out to the right is the gametophyte.