English: Firmosses; Fir clubmosses.
Clades:
Lycopodiales;
Lycopodiidae;
Lycopodianae; Pterodophya;
Plants.
Members: 2 genera, Huperzia and Phylloglossum; 30 species.
Plant theoryHuperziaceae is split in the new version of the
Plant theory. Phlegmarius is placed in its own family
Phlegmarioideae.
Huperziaceae is placed in
Subphase 4. This is confirmed by provings and cases, where the suppressing quality of
Phase 4 was central.
BotanyFern; terrestrial.
Root: adventitiou; emergence cortical.
Stem: protostelic; growth axis horizontal, dorsiventral; shoots isotomous, arising in a tuf; fertile shoots sessile; stele < stem diameter.
Leaves: eligulate; sporophylls pelate, deciduous; sporangial stalk present; sporophylls paleate, evergreen; mucilage duct in sporophyll absent.
Reproduction: gametophyte subterrenean, germinate in the dark; gametophyte with paraphyses.
Sporangia: sporangial wall cells thin, non-lignified, sinuate.
Spore: homosporous; with concave lateral margins and truncated corners.
Bulbils present.
Stages RemediesHuperzia serrataHuperzia selagoHuperzia serrata