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Spore bearing vascular plants of the division Lycopodiophyta recorded from South Africa
This listing contains taxa of plants in the division
Lycopodiophyta , recorded from
South Africa .The lycophytes, when broadly
circumscribed , are a
vascular plant (tracheophyte) subgroup of the kingdom
Plantae . They are sometimes placed in a division Lycopodiophyta or Lycophyta or in a subdivision Lycopodiophytina. They are one of the oldest lineages of
extant (living) vascular plants; the group contains extinct plants that have been dated from the
Silurian (ca. 425 million years ago).
[1]
[2] Lycophytes were some of the dominating plant species of the
Carboniferous period, and included tree-like species, although extant lycophytes are relatively small plants.
[3]
23,420 species of vascular plant have been recorded in South Africa, making it the sixth most species-rich country in the world and the most species-rich country on the African continent. Of these, 153 species are considered to be threatened.
[4] Nine
biomes have been described in South Africa:
Fynbos , Succulent
Karoo ,
desert ,
Nama Karoo ,
grassland ,
savanna ,
Albany thickets , the
Indian Ocean coastal belt , and
forests .
[5]
The 2018
South African National Biodiversity Institute 's
National Biodiversity Assessment plant checklist lists 35,130 taxa in the phyla
Anthocerotophyta (hornworts (6)),
Anthophyta (flowering plants(33534)),
Bryophyta (mosses (685)),
Cycadophyta (cycads (42)),
Lycopodiophyta (Lycophytes(45)),
Marchantiophyta (liverworts (376)),
Pinophyta (conifers (33)), and
Pteridophyta {cryptograms(408)).
[6]
Names are given as listed in the source. Where the accepted name at source date differs, it is appended.
Listing
Huperzia dacrydioides (Baker) Pic.Serm. indigenous
[6]
Huperzia gnidioides (L.f.) Trevis. indigenous
[6]
Huperzia ophioglossoides (Lam.) Rothm. indigenous
[6]
Huperzia saururus (Lam.) Trevis. indigenous
[6]
Huperzia verticillata (L.f.) Trevis. indigenous
[6]
Isoetes aemulans J.P.Roux, indigenous
[6]
Isoetes aequinoctialis Welw. ex A.Braun, indigenous
[6]
Isoetes capensis A.V.Duthie, endemic
[6]
Isoetes capensis A.V.Duthie var. stephanseniae (A.V.Duthie) Schelpe & N.C.Anthony, synonym for Isoetes stephansenii A.V.Duthie
[6]
Isoetes eludens J.P.Roux, Hopper & Rhian J.Sm. indigenous
[6]
Isoetes labri-draconis N.R.Crouch, indigenous
[6]
Isoetes schweinfurthii A.Braun ex Baker, indigenous
[6]
Isoetes stellenbossiensis A.V.Duthie, endemic
[6]
Isoetes stephansenii A.V.Duthie, endemic
[6]
Isoetes toximontana Musselman & J.P.Roux, indigenous
[6]
Isoetes transvaalensis Jermy & Schelpe, indigenous
[6]
Isoetes welwitschii A.Braun, indigenous
[6]
Isoetes wormaldii Sim, endemic
[6]
Lycopodiella caroliniana (L.) Pic.Serm. indigenous
[6]
Lycopodiella cernua (L.) Pic.Serm. indigenous
[6]
Lycopodiella sarcocaulon (A.Braun & Welw. ex Kuhn) Pic.Serm. indigenous
[6]
Lycopodium carolinianum L. synonym for
Lycopodiella caroliniana (L.) Pic.Serm.
[6]
Lycopodium carolinianum L. var. grandifolium Spring, synonym for
Lycopodiella sarcocaulon (A.Braun & Welw. ex Kuhn) Pic.Serm.
[6]
Lycopodium cernuum L. synonym for
Lycopodiella cernua (L.) Pic.Serm.
[6]
Lycopodium clavatum L. indigenous
[6]
Lycopodium complanatum L. subsp. zanclophyllum (J.H.Wilce) Schelpe, synonym for
Lycopodium zanclophyllum J.H.Wilce
[6]
Lycopodium dacrydioides Baker, synonym for
Huperzia dacrydioides (Baker) Pic.Serm.
[6]
Lycopodium gnidioides L.f. synonym for
Huperzia gnidioides (L.f.) Trevis.
[6]
Lycopodium ophioglossoides Lam. synonym for
Huperzia ophioglossoides (Lam.) Rothm.
[6]
Lycopodium sarcocaulon A.Braun & Welw. ex Kuhn, synonym for
Lycopodiella sarcocaulon (A.Braun & Welw. ex Kuhn) Pic.Serm.
[6]
Lycopodium saururus Lam. synonym for
Huperzia saururus (Lam.) Trevis.
[6]
Lycopodium verticillatum L.f. synonym for
Huperzia verticillata (L.f.) Trevis.
[6]
Lycopodium zanclophyllum J.H.Wilce, indigenous
[6]
Selaginella caffrorum (Milde) Hieron. indigenous
[6]
Selaginella caffrorum (Milde) Hieron. var. caffrorum, indigenous
[6]
Selaginella culverwellii N.R.Crouch, indigenous
[6]
Selaginella dregei (C.Presl) Hieron. indigenous
[6]
Selaginella grisea Alston, indigenous
[6]
Selaginella imbricata (Forssk.) Spring ex Decne. indigenous
[6]
Selaginella kraussiana (Kunze) A.Braun, indigenous
[6]
Selaginella mittenii Baker, indigenous
[6]
Selaginella nivea Alston, indigenous
[6]
Selaginella nivea Alston ex Alston subsp. nivea, indigenous
[6]
Selaginella nubigena J.P.Roux, indigenous
[6]
Selaginella pygmaea (Kaulf.) Alston, indigenous
[6]
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