The genus ''Dendrolycopodium'' is a

clubmoss Lycopodiopsida is a class of vascular plants also known as lycopsids, lycopods, or lycophytes. Members of the class are also called clubmosses, firmosses, spikemosses and quillworts. They have dichotomously branching stems bearing simple leaves ...

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

in the family

Lycopodiaceae The Lycopodiaceae (class Lycopodiopsida, order Lycopodiales) are an old family of vascular plants, including all of the core clubmosses and firmosses, comprising 17 accepted genera and about 500 known species. This family originated about 380 mi ...

. In the

Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group (PPG) is an informal international group of systematic botanists who collaborate to establish on the classification of pteridophytes ( lycophytes and ferns) that reflects knowledge about plant relationships discove ...

classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is placed in the subfamily

Lycopodioideae ''Lycopodioideae'' is a subfamily in the family Lycopodiaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). It is equivalent to a broad circumscription of the genus '' Lycopodium'' in other classifications. Like all lyco ...

. Some sources do not recognize the genus, sinking it into ''

Lycopodium ''Lycopodium'' (from Ancient Greek ''lykos'', wolf and ''podion'', diminutive of ''pous'', foot) is a genus of clubmosses, also known as ground pines or creeping cedars, in the family Lycopodiaceae. Two very different circumscriptions of the gen ...

''. It is treated as section ''Obscura'' when retained within ''Lycopodium''. The genus includes a discrete group of plants with similar morphologies. All have erect to semi-erect, branched stems.

Species

, the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' recognized the following species: * ''

Dendrolycopodium dendroideum ''Dendrolycopodium dendroideum'', Synonym (taxonomy), synonym ''Lycopodium dendroideum'', known as tree groundpine, is a North American species of clubmoss. It is part of a complex of species colloquially known as groundpine, which taxa were for ...

'' (Michx.) A.Haines – northern North America, eastern Asia * '' Dendrolycopodium hickeyi'' (W.H.Wagner, Beitel & R.C.Moran) A.Haines – northeastern North America * '' Dendrolycopodium juniperoideum'' (Sw.) A.Haines – northeast Asia (central Siberia) * ''

Dendrolycopodium obscurum ''Dendrolycopodium obscurum'', synonym ''Lycopodium obscurum'', commonly called rare clubmoss, ground pine, or princess pine, is a North American species of clubmoss in the family Lycopodiaceae. It is a close relative of other species such as '' ...

'' (L.) A.Haines – northeast North America, northeast Asia * '' Dendrolycopodium verticale'' (Li Bing Zhang) Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou - China, Himalayas

References

Lycopodiaceae Lycophyte genera {{Lycophyte-stub