Definition of club mosses. Meaning of club mosses. Synonyms of club mosses

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Definition of club mosses

club mosses
Lycopodiaceous Ly`co*po`di*a"ceous, a. (Bot.) Belonging, or relating, to the Lycopodiace[ae], an order of cryptogamous plants (called also club mosses) with branching stems, and small, crowded, one-nerved, and usually pointed leaves.

Meaning of club mosses from wikipedia

- divided into three orders, Lycopodiales, Isoetales and Selaginellales. Club-mosses (Lycopodiales) are homosporous, but the genera Selaginella (spikemosses)...
- erroneously called "giant club mosses", the genus was actually more closely related to modern quillworts than to modern club mosses. In the form classification...
- species of mosses found in the state of Montana in the United States. The Montana Natural Heritage Program has identified a number of clubmoss and moss species...
- earliest land plants, the Psilotopsida (whisk ferns) and the Lycopsida (club mosses or t****el ferns); 7 ancient families of true ferns, including the Marattiaceae...
- appendages serving an equivalent function to roots. Sometimes called "giant club mosses", they are believed to be more closely related to extant quillworts based...
- Lycopodium clavatum (common club moss, stag's-horn clubmoss, running clubmoss, or ground pine) is the most widespread species in the genus Lycopodium...
- lichens and fungi, and the cormophytes were the mosses, liverworts, ferns, Equisitaceae, club mosses and seed plants. Lawrence E. (1999): Henderson's...
- Montana related articles. Club-mosses and mosses of Montana There are at least 23 species of Club-mosses and 153 species of Mosses found in Montana., Coniferous...
- the stem, and the leaves are either opposite or spirally arranged. The club mosses commonly grow to be 5–20 cm tall. The gametophytes in most species are...
- reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. They differ from mosses by being vascular, i.e., having specialized tissues that conduct water and...