Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Lycopodiophyta (Clade) Cronquist, Takhtajan & Zimmermann 1966 [Cantino & Donoghue 2007], nom. cl. inval.

Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E11, fig. 1.

Current position

Lycopodiales (Order) DC. ex Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)

Ref: PPG I, 2016: 569.

Alternative positions

Lycopodiophyta (Clade) Cronquist, Takhtajan & Zimmermann 1966 [Cantino & Donoghue 2007], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: fig. 1. [inferred rank]
Lycopsida (Class)	Ref: R. van der Meijden, 1990: 53.

Historical positions

Lycopodiales (Order) DC. ex Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: 546, App. (p. 997).
Lycopodiales (Order) DC. ex Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)	Ref: PPG I, 2016: 569.
Lycopodiales (Order) DC. ex Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)	Ref: A. Novikoff & B. Barabasz-Krasny, 2015: 45.
Lycopodiales (Order) DC. ex Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)	Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: table (p. 266), App. 1 (p. 1028).
Lycopodiales (Order) DC. ex Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 506, 928; 507.
Lycopodiophyta (Clade) Cronquist, Takhtajan & Zimmermann 1966 [Cantino & Donoghue 2007], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: fig. 1. [new position]
Lycopodiales (Order) DC. ex Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: III.
Lycopodiales (Order) DC. ex Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)	Ref: C.J. Cleal & B.A. Thomas, 1995: 13.
Lycopsida (Class)	Ref: R. van der Meijden, 1990: 53.
Lycopodiales (Order) DC. ex Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)	Ref: J.T. Mickel, 1982: 338.
Pteridophyta (Division) Schimp. (1879)	Ref: D.M. Moore, 1982: 1. [rough position] [indirect]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	16g;18s; †2g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 16 Jun 2023	[16g; †2g]
2017	D.J. Mabberley: 546	4g;300s
2016	PPG I: 570	[16g]
2015	A. Novikoff & B. Barabasz-Krasny: 45	[4g; †2g]
2010	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden: 12 Aug 2011	19g;430s
2008	D.J. Mabberley: 507	5g;300s
1982	J.T. Mickel	2g[500s]