Clades:
Lycopodiales;
Lycopodiidae;
Lycopodianae;
Pteridophyta;
Plants.
Members: 6 genera: Austrolycopodium, Dendrolycopodium, Diphasium, Lycopodiastrum, Pseudodiphasium, Pseudolycopodium.
Plant theoryDiphasioideae is split off from
Lycopodiaceae and the subfamily Lycopodiodeae in the new version of the
Plant theory. This all needs confirmation as the remedies in it are not yet available in homeopathy.
Diphasioideae is placed in
Subphase 2 tentatively.
BotanyFern; terrestrial.
Leaves: eligulate.
Root: adventitious; emergence non-cortical.
Stem: protostelic; growth axis horizontal, dorsiventral; shoots inclinate, anisotomous; fertile shoots on leafy peduncle; shoots anisotomous, arising vertically; stele > stem diameter.
Leaves: sporophylls paleate, evergreen; sporangial stalk absent; sporophylls peltate, deciduous; mucilage duct in sporophyll.
Sporangia: sporangial wall cells thin, non-lignified, sinuate.
Reproduction: gametophyte without paraphyses, subterrenean, germinate in the dark.
Spore: homosporous; margins convex.
Bulbils absent.
Stages Remedies1
Austrolycopodium magellanicum2
Pseudodiphasium voluble3
Pseudolycopodium densum10
Dendrolycopodium dendroideum15
Lycopodiastrum casuarinoides17
Diphasium scariosum