Diphasiastrum multispicatum

Diphasiastrum multispicatum, synonym Lycopodium multispicatum, is a species of plant in the family Lycopodiaceae.^[1] As of March 2024^[update], Plants of the World Online used a broader circumscription of the genus Lycopodium, treating this species as Lycopodium multispicatum.^[2]

Diphasiastrum multispicatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Lycophytes
Class:	Lycopodiopsida
Order:	Lycopodiales
Family:	Lycopodiaceae
Genus:	Diphasiastrum
Species:	D. multispicatum
Binomial name
Diphasiastrum multispicatum (J.H.Wilce) Holub
Synonyms[1]
Diphasiastrum complanatum var. glaucum Ching Diphasium multispicatum (J.H.Wilce) Rothm. Lycopodium multispicatum J.H.Wilce

Distribution

Diphasiastrum multispicatum is native to Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), parts of Western Asia (Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq), and China (south-central China, Tibet, and Xinjiang).^[1]