The Lycophytes of Georgia

[terrestrial_man]

Below is a listing of the members of the Lycopodiums that are native to Georgia. Recently the members of this group have been reclassified and a new taxonomic treatment has been developed. I am herein following the treatment of the lycopodium groups as per Arthur Haines, who is associated with the Delta Institute of Natural History.
http://www.arthurhaines.com/
His treatment of native lycopodium species divides them into two families: the Huperziaceae and the Lycopodiaceae
http://www.arthurhaines.com/lycophytes.htm

1. HUPERZIACEAE

    1. Hyperzia appressa = Huperzia appalachiana
        
         http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233500681
         http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=HUAP

    2. Huperzia lucidula = Lycopodium lucidulum

         http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200002697
         http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=HULU2

2. LYCOPODIACEAE

    1. Dendrolycopodium obscurum = Lycopodium obscurum

        http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200002756
        http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LYOB&photoID=lyob_002_ahp.tif

    2. Diphasiastrum digitatum = Lycopodium digitatum

        http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233500582
        http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LYDI3

    3. Diphasiastrum tristachyum = Lycopodium tristachyum

        http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233500584
        http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LYTR

    4. Lycopodiella alopecuroides

        http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233500755
        http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LYAL5

   5. Lycopodiella appressa

       http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233500756
    
       http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LYAP4

    6. Lycopodiella prostrata

        http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233500758
        http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LYPR3

    7. Lycopodium clavatum


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[Merrill]

Hi, this was just brought to my attention tonight. I'm sorry you've had this problem, and I'm not sure what's causing it. One suggestion I have is that you could write your post in Word or some other text editing program, then copy and paste it into a post here.

But I'll try to see why you may be having this problem. It'll be a few days before I can get back here, however, due to work.

Merrill

[Scott]

Try as I might, I cannot find any recent literature resurrecting Huperziaceae Rothm. 1962. Weakley and Tree of Life don't and Tropicos notes Lycopodiaceae is the accepted name. Can you provide a peer-reviewed article for this change? When I go to Arthur Haines and Delta website I find nothing that I consider authoritative and no references to journal articles, just a list of synonyms.

This isn't to say that the Huperziaceae isn't worth considering, especially since Weakley includes this note in his comments on the Lycopodiacae:

Wikström & Kenrick (2000, 2001) suggest that the phylogenetic separation of Lycopodium (including Diphasiastrum) and Lycopodiella (including Pseudolycopodiella and Palhinhaea) occurred at least as long ago as the early Jurassic (208 million years before present), and the divergence of Huperzia from Lycopodium and Lycopodiella still longer ago.

If you want this taken seriously, at least by me, I need more. Thanks, Scott

[Merrill]

I hope the posting problem is fixed now. Please try again, and let me know if there are more problems.

Thanks,

Merrill

[terrestrial_man]

Try as I might, I cannot find any recent literature resurrecting Huperziaceae Rothm. 1962. Weakley and Tree of Life don't and Tropicos notes Lycopodiaceae is the accepted name. Can you provide a peer-reviewed article for this change? When I go to Arthur Haines and Delta website I find nothing that I consider authoritative and no references to journal articles, just a list of synonyms.

This isn't to say that the Huperziaceae isn't worth considering, especially since Weakley includes this note in his comments on the Lycopodiacae:

Wikström & Kenrick (2000, 2001) suggest that the phylogenetic separation of Lycopodium (including Diphasiastrum) and Lycopodiella (including Pseudolycopodiella and Palhinhaea) occurred at least as long ago as the early Jurassic (208 million years before present), and the divergence of Huperzia from Lycopodium and Lycopodiella still longer ago.

If you want this taken seriously, at least by me, I need more. Thanks, Scott

                    Thanks Scott. I checked this out too. And did find some collobration.
However, I believe that the majority of info I have seen regards this
approach as just synonyms.
I believe that this redefinition of taxa is currently in process.
I will try to find out more info on it.
In any event the listing will be completed once the website clears
up its problem on posting replies. I am currently using Notepad to
write this reply and will dump onsite with Paste.
Later.

[Merrill]

Hi, I'm sorry you're having so many problems posting. I just tried copying and pasting from a long Word document, and it worked fine. Could you tell me a little more about exactly what's happening when you have the problem? What browser are you using, for instance? Any details you can provide would help.

Thanks,

Merrill