NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Club mosses are representatives of the Lycopodiophyta, plants that are very important in the fossil record and in the history of plant life but are not particularly diverse or common now. World-wide there are around 1000 species in the group.

Detailed explanation-2: -lycophyte, (class Lycopodiopsida), class of spore-bearing vascular plants comprising more than 1, 200 extant species. Three lycophyte orders are recognized: the club mosses (Lycopodiales), the quillworts and their allies (Isoetales), and the spike mosses (Selaginellales).

Detailed explanation-3: -In this article, we will consider the clubmosses or “lycopodiums.” The common name “clubmoss” is based on the premise that at first glance these plants resemble mosses (mosses are bryophytes and thus, non-vascular plants), and because they often have club-like structures that produce spores.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Lycopodium genus is also known as club moss and also known as ground pine or creeping cedar.

Detailed explanation-5: -It’s not a moss at all; it’s a lichen. Clubmoss is another misnomer – the plant may actually look like a large moss, but it isn’t. In fact, it is more closely related to ferns than it is to true mosses.