Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Tracheophyta - (Class) Lycopodiopsida - (Order) Lycopodiales - (Family) Lycopodiaceae

Original position

Musci (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.

Current position

Lycopodioideae (Subfamily) W. H. Wagner & Beitel ex B. Øllg.

Ref: PPG I, 2016: 570.

Alternative positions

Lycopodiaceae (Family) P.Beauv. ex Mirb. (1802)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: 546.
Musci (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753b: 1100.

Historical positions

Lycopodiaceae (Family) P.Beauv. ex Mirb. (1802)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: 546.
Lycopodioideae (Subfamily) W. H. Wagner & Beitel ex B. Øllg.	Ref: PPG I, 2016: 570.
Lycopodiaceae (Family) P.Beauv. ex Mirb. (1802)	Ref: A. Novikoff & B. Barabasz-Krasny, 2015: 45.
Lycopodiaceae (Family) P.Beauv. ex Mirb. (1802)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 506.
Lycophyta (Phylum)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 390. [rough position]
Lycopodiaceae (Family) P.Beauv. ex Mirb. (1802)	Ref: R. van der Meijden, 1990: 53.
Lycopodophyta (Phylum) D.H.Scott (1909)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 254. [rough position]
Lycopodiaceae (Family) P.Beauv. ex Mirb. (1802)	Ref: J.T. Mickel, 1982: 338.
Musci (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753b: 1100.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	200s
2010	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden: 10 Aug 2011	46s
1998	L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz: 390	200s
1982	J.T. Mickel	500s
1982	L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz	200s