Diphasiastrum issleri

(Diphasiastrum issleri)

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Description

Diphasiastrum × issleri, known as Issler's clubmoss, is a hybrid species of clubmoss known from northern Europe and a few historical collections in northern Maine. Diphasiastrum × issleri is a hybrid between D. alpinum and D. complanatum. Originally placed in a broadly circumscribed Lycopodium as a race of L. alpinum, it was transferred to the segregate genus Diphasiastrum and raised to species level by Holub in 1975

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order:Lycopodiales
Family:Lycopodiaceae
Genus:Diphasiastrum
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