Diphasium jussiaei(Desv.) C.Presl ex Rothm.

WFO wfo-0001119181 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Diphasium jussiaei, photographed by Andrés Ramírez-Barrera
fig. a Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-12-05 / obs. 171475754
Diphasium jussiaei, photographed by julianazuluaga-carrero
fig. b julianazuluaga-carrero, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 184596299
Diphasium jussiaei, photographed by GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ
fig. c GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186481457
Diphasium jussiaei, photographed by GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ
fig. d GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186479978
Diphasium jussiaei, photographed by Nicolás Baresch Uribe
fig. e Nicolás Baresch Uribe, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177753579
Diphasium jussiaei, photographed by GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ
fig. f GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181986804
Diphasium jussiaei, photographed by Nicolás Baresch Uribe
fig. g Nicolás Baresch Uribe, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111467151
Diphasium jussiaei, photographed by Julien Renoult
fig. h Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 12132743

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Diphasium jussiaei is native: Bolivia, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Jamaica, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela BoliviaBrazil SoutheastColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorJamaicaPanamáPeruVenezuela
Native distribution of Diphasium jussiaei, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bolivia BOL SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil Southeast BZL
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Ecuador ECU
Jamaica JAM
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Venezuela VEN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 17 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Diphasium heterophyllum (Spreng.) Holub
  • Diphasium holtonii (Underw. & F.E.Lloyd) Holub
  • Diphasium lindseaceum (Spring) Holub
  • Lycopodium canceris Herter
  • Lycopodium haenkei C.Presl
  • Lycopodium haenkei var. ramosissimum C.Presl
  • Lycopodium heterophyllum Spreng.
  • Lycopodium holtonii Underw. & F.E.Lloyd
  • Lycopodium jussiaei Desv.
  • Lycopodium jussiaei var. microphyllum Desv.
  • Lycopodium lindseaceum Spring
  • Lycopodium scariosum var. heterophyllum (Spreng.) Nessel
  • Lycopodium scariosum var. holtonii (Underw. & F.E.Lloyd) Nessel
  • Lycopodium scariosum var. jussiaei (Desv. ex Poir.) Baker
  • Lycopodium scariosum var. jussiaei (Desv.) Jenman
  • Lycopodium scariosum var. microphyllum (Desv. ex Poir) Nessel
  • Lycopodium scariosum var. ramosissimum Bancr. ex Nessel

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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