Diphasiastrum multispicatum

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

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| genus = Diphasiastrum

| species = multispicatum

| authority = (J.H.Wilce) Holub

| synonyms =

  • Diphasiastrum complanatum var. glaucum Ching
  • Diphasium multispicatum (J.H.Wilce) Rothm.
  • Lycopodium multispicatum J.H.Wilce

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}}

Diphasiastrum multispicatum, synonym Lycopodium multispicatum, is a species of plant in the family Lycopodiaceae.{{citation |mode=cs1 |last=Hassler |first=Michael |contribution=Diphasiastrum |title=World Ferns. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World |at=19.1 |url=https://www.worldplants.de/ferns/ |date=2024-03-09 |access-date=2023-03-14}} {{As of|2024|March}}, Plants of the World Online used a broader circumscription of the genus Lycopodium, treating this species as Lycopodium multispicatum.{{Cite web |title=Lycopodium multispicatum J.H.Wilce {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17443430-1 |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}

Distribution

Diphasiastrum multispicatum is native to Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), parts of Western Asia (Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq), and China (south-central China, Tibet, and Xinjiang).

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