Lycophyta [audio pronunciation]

General features of the vascular plants

Common name

Club mosses (applies also to the Class Lycopodiopsida)

Synonyms

None

Sporophyte growth habit

Stems, leaves, roots

Gametophyte growth habit

Photosynthetic or parasitic thalli

Stele

Protostele

Undulipodia (“flagella”)

Two or more whiplash

Sexual reproduction

Homosporous or heterosporous

Representative genera

Isoetes, Lycopodium, Selaginella

Recognized by

Meiosporangia on upper surfaces of sporophylls

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