Phylloglossum

Taxobox
name = "Phylloglossum"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Lycopodiophyta
classis = Lycopodiopsida
ordo = Lycopodiales
familia = Huperziaceae
genus = "Phylloglossum"
species = "P. drummondii"
binomial = "Phylloglossum drummondii"
binomial_authority = Kunze

"Phylloglossum", a genus in the clubmoss family Huperziaceae, is a small plant superficially resembling a tiny grass plant, growing with a rosette of slender leaves 2-5 cm long from an underground bulb-like root. It has a single central stem up to 5 cm tall bearing a spore-producing cone at the apex, and was previously classified variously in the family Lycopodiaceae or in its own family the Phylloglossaceae, but recent genetic evidence demonstrates it is most closely related to the genus "Huperzia".

The only species, "Phylloglossum drummondii" (Pygmy Clubmoss), is a native of Australia (southwestern Western Australia, southern South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania) and New Zealand (North Island).

References and external links

* Wikstrom, N. and P. Kenrick. 1997. Phylogeny of Lycopodiaceae (Lycopsida) and the relationships of "Phylloglossum drummondii" Kunze based on rbcL sequences. "International Journal of Plant Sciences" 158: 862-871.
* [http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/fern/phylloglossum.htm "Phylloglossum" species list]
* [http://www.sbs.auckland.ac.nz/info/schools/nzplants/fern_allies_phylloglossum.htm University of Auckland factsheet]
* [http://www.anbg.gov.au/projects/fern/images/p274.jpgPhoto (Australian National Botanical Gardens)]