Editing Lycopodium (section)

{{Short description|Genus of vascular plants in the family Lycopodiaceae}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Lycopodium clavatum 151207.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Lycopodium clavatum]]''
| taxon = Lycopodium
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]<ref name=CFLW/>
| type_species = ''[[Lycopodium clavatum]]''
| type_species_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision  = See text
}}

'''''Lycopodium''''' (from [[Ancient Greek]] ''lykos'', wolf and ''podion'', diminutive of ''pous'', foot)<ref>{{LSJ|lu/kos|λύκος}}, {{LSJ|pou/s|πούς|ref}}.</ref> is a [[genus]] of [[clubmoss]]es, also known as '''ground pines''' or '''creeping cedars''',<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/club_moss.aspx#1E1-clubmoss The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2008]</ref> in the family [[Lycopodiaceae]]. Two very different [[Circumscription (taxonomy)|circumscriptions]] of the genus are in use. In the [[Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group]] classification of 2016 (PPG I), ''Lycopodium'' is one of nine genera in the subfamily [[Lycopodioideae]], and has from nine to 15 species.<ref name=CFLW/><ref name=PPGI/> In other classifications, the genus is equivalent to the whole of the subfamily, since it includes all of the other genera. More than 40 species are accepted.<ref name=POWO_30000138-2/>