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\nBy Marion Lobstein<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In both American Indian and European cultures, uses of clubmosses date back to ancient times. Early European botanists and taxonomists, such as John Ray in the 1600s and Carlus Linnaeus in the 1700s, gave clubmosses the name of\u00a0Lycopodium.<\/em>Linnaeus used this genus in his\u00a0Species Plantarum<\/em>\u00a0(1753), but still classified clubmosses with Muscus or true mosses. In the 1762 edition of\u00a0Flora Virginica<\/em>, John Clayton and Johann Gronovius continued the convention of placing Lycopodium species under Musci. In 1800, Johann Jakob Bernhardi proposed another genus of\u00a0Huperzia<\/em>\u00a0for clubmosses that did not have separate club-like strobili (structures bearing the sporangia that produce spores) on the leafy stems.<\/p>\n

Lycopodiaceae, the family in which clubmosses are now placed, was proposed by Charles Francois Mirbel in 1802. As more has became known about the life cycles of clubmosses and based on more recent work with DNA, other genera have been proposed for clubmosses. The chart below reflects information on the genera included in the\u00a0Flora of Virginia<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Genus\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Origin \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Common Name\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Named by<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dendrolycopodium<\/td>\nDendro,\u00a0<\/em>meaning tree;\u00a0lycopodium<\/em>(see below)<\/td>\nTree clubmosses<\/td>\nA.Haines 2003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diphasiastrum<\/td>\nDiphasium<\/em>, a generic name for clubmosses;\u00a0\u2013astrum,<\/em>\u00a0incomplete resemblance<\/td>\nRunning cedar or pine<\/td>\nJ. Holub 1975<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Huperzia<\/td>\nNamed in honor of Johann Huperz, a noted German botanist<\/td>\nFir mosses<\/td>\nJ. Bernhardi 1800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lycopodiella<\/td>\n-iella,<\/em>\u00a0meaning diminutive;lycopodium<\/em>\u00a0(see below)<\/td>\nBog clubmoss<\/td>\nJ. Holub 1964<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spinulum<\/td>\nSpina,<\/em>\u00a0bristly or spiny<\/td>\nBristly clubmoss<\/td>\nA. Haines 2003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lycopodium<\/td>\nLyco-,\u00a0<\/em>meaning wolf;podium<\/em>foot\/claw<\/td>\nRunning clubmoss<\/td>\nC. Linnaeus 1753<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The dichotomous key to genera of clubmosses in the\u00a0Flora of Virginia<\/em>\u00a0uses the vegetative and reproductive structures as well as the growth patterns to sort out these genera. The excellent illustration there will be of use in sorting out the clubmosses in our area. The Flora glossary will help you understand terms used in the keys and genera and species descriptions with which you may not be familiar.<\/p>\n

[Photo, Deanna High, taken on Bull Run Mountain, PWC, Va.<\/em>]<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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