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Lycopodiastrum
Lycopodiastrum casuarinoides in China
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Lycophytes
Class:	Lycopodiopsida
Order:	Lycopodiales
Family:	Lycopodiaceae
Genus:	Lycopodiastrum Holub ex R.D.Dixit
Species:	L. casuarinoides
Binomial name
Lycopodiastrum casuarinoides (Spring) Holub ex R.D.Dixit
Synonyms
Diphasium casuarinoides (Spring) J.P.Mandal & U.Sen Lepidotis casuarinoides (Spring) Rothm. Lycopodium casuarinoides Spring Lycopodium comans Hook.f. Lycopodium filicaule Hook.f. Lycopodium jacobsonii Alderw. Lycopodium leucolepis Jungh. & de Vriese Lycopodium rubellum C.Presl

Lycopodiastrum is a genus of lycophyte in the family Lycopodiaceae with only one species, Lycopodiastrum casuarinoides. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the genus is placed in the subfamily Lycopodioideae. Some sources do not recognize the genus, sinking it into Lycopodium. Lycopodiastrum casuarinoides is native to south-eastern Asia, from Tibet through China to Japan in the north, and from Sumatra to Sulawesi in the south.

References

1. ^ Hassler, Michael. "Lycopodiastrum". World Ferns. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
2. PPG I (2016), "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns", Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 54 (6): 563–603, doi:10.1111/jse.12229, S2CID 39980610
3. "Lycopodiastrum Holub ex R.D.Dixit", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-12-08
4. "Lycopodium casuarinoides Spring", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2024-06-02

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