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Stem: wiry, generally rooting adventitiously [or not], branching variable, generally not fragile when dry.
Leaf: many, simple, overlapped, appressed, small, ± scale-like, 1-veined, generally grooved abaxially [or not] nearly to tip, generally ± of 2 kinds ("under-leaves" under main stem, "over-leaves" over it).
Cone: paired or 1, terminal, generally 4-sided, fertile leaves not like sterile, generally strongly keeled.
Sporangia: 1 per leaf axil, 2 kinds, male (generally more distal in cones, spores many, small), female ( spores (1)4, large, generally orange-yellow).
1 genus. [Valdespino 1993 FNANM 2:38–63] —Scientific Editors: Alan R. Smith, Thomas J. Rosatti.
Previous taxon: Lycopodium clavatum
Next taxon: Selaginella
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) [year] Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/IJM.html [accessed on month, day, year]
Citation for an individual treatment: [Author of taxon treatment] [year]. [Taxon name] in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, [URL for treatment]. Accessed on [month, day, year].
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