Lycopodiophyta

E51058

Lycopodiophyta is an ancient division of vascular plants that includes clubmosses and their relatives, characterized by microphyll leaves and spore-based reproduction.

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Lycopodiophyta canonical 3
Lycopodiales 2
Selaginellales 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf plant division
vascular plant clade
characterizedBy microphyll leaves
protostele-type vascular system
spore-based reproduction
chromosomeType haploid spores
commonName lycophytes
containsClass Lycopodiophyta self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lycopodiopsida
containsFamily Lycopodiophyta self-linksurface differs
surface form: Isoetaceae

Lycopodiophyta self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lycopodiaceae

Lycopodiophyta self-linksurface differs
surface form: Selaginellaceae
containsOrder Isoetales
Lycopodiophyta self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lycopodiales

Lycopodiophyta self-linksurface differs
surface form: Selaginellales
contributedTo Carboniferous coal forests
distribution cosmopolitan
diversifiedIn Devonian period
economicUse ornamental plants
spores used as lycopodium powder
traditional medicine
evolutionaryAge Paleozoic origin
fertilizationRequires water
firstAppearance Silurian
surface form: Silurian period
gametophyteType independent gametophyte
habitat epiphytic
terrestrial
wetlands
hadArborescentFormsIn Carboniferous period
hasLeaves true
hasRoots true
hasStems true
hasVascularTissue true
includes clubmosses
quillworts
spikemosses
isFern false
isFloweringPlant false
isSeedPlant false
kingdom Plantae
leafType microphylls
lifeCycle alternation of generations
modernHabit mostly small herbaceous plants
oftenForms strobili
photosyntheticPathway C3
reproductionType spore-bearing
sisterGroupTo Tracheophyta
surface form: Euphyllophyta
sporangiaPosition adaxial surface of microphylls
sporesProducedIn sporangia
sporeType heterosporous in Isoetaceae
heterosporous in Selaginellaceae
homosporous in Lycopodiaceae
taxonRank division

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tracheophyta superdivisionOf Lycopodiophyta
Lycopodiophyta containsClass Lycopodiophyta self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lycopodiopsida
Lycopodiophyta containsOrder Lycopodiophyta self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lycopodiales
Lycopodiophyta containsOrder Lycopodiophyta self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Selaginellales
Lycopodiophyta containsFamily Lycopodiophyta self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodiophyta containsFamily Lycopodiophyta self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Selaginellaceae
Lycopodiophyta containsFamily Lycopodiophyta self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Isoetaceae
Isoetales division Lycopodiophyta
Isoetales phylum Lycopodiophyta
Isoetales class Lycopodiophyta
this entity surface form: Isoetopsida
Isoetales subclass Lycopodiophyta
this entity surface form: Isoetidae
Isoetales distinguishedFrom Lycopodiophyta
this entity surface form: Selaginellales
Isoetales distinguishedFrom Lycopodiophyta
this entity surface form: Lycopodiales