Dendrolycopodium

The genus Dendrolycopodium is a clubmoss genus in the family Lycopodiaceae. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is placed in the subfamily Lycopodioideae.^[1] Some sources do not recognize the genus, sinking it into Lycopodium.^[2] It is treated as section Obscura when retained within Lycopodium. The genus includes a discrete group of plants with similar morphologies. All have erect to semi-erect, branched stems.

Dendrolycopodium
Dendrolycopodium dendroideum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Lycophytes
Class:	Lycopodiopsida
Order:	Lycopodiales
Family:	Lycopodiaceae
Subfamily:	Lycopodioideae
Genus:	Dendrolycopodium A. Haines
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Lycopodium sect. Obscura (Rothm.) Holub

Species

As of June 2024^[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:^[3]

• Dendrolycopodium dendroideum (Michx.) A.Haines – northern North America, eastern Asia
• Dendrolycopodium hickeyi (W.H.Wagner, Beitel & R.C.Moran) A.Haines – northeastern North America
• Dendrolycopodium juniperoideum (Sw.) A.Haines – northeast Asia (central Siberia)
• Dendrolycopodium obscurum (L.) A.Haines – northeast North America, northeast Asia
• Dendrolycopodium verticale (Li Bing Zhang) Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou - China, Himalayas