''Lateristachys'' is a genus of

lycophytes The lycophytes, when broadly circumscribed, are a vascular plant (tracheophyte) subgroup of the kingdom Plantae. They are sometimes placed in a division Lycopodiophyta or Lycophyta or in a subdivision Lycopodiophytina. They are one of the oldes ...

in the family

Lycopodiaceae The Lycopodiaceae (class Lycopodiopsida, order Lycopodiales) are an old family of vascular plants, including all of the core clubmosses and firmosses, comprising 16 accepted genera and about 400 known species. This family originated about 380 mil ...

. In the

Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group, or PPG, is an informal international group of systematic botanists who collaborate to establish a consensus on the classification of pteridophytes (lycophytes and ferns) that reflects knowledge about plant relation ...

classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is placed in the subfamily

Lycopodielloideae Lycopodielloideae is a subfamily in the family Lycopodiaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). It is equivalent to a broad circumscription of the genus '' Lycopodiella'' in other classifications. Like all lycop ...

. Some sources do not recognize the genus, sinking it into ''

Lycopodiella ''Lycopodiella'' is a genus in the clubmoss family Lycopodiaceae. The genus members are commonly called bog clubmosses, describing their wetland habitat. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with centers of diversity in the tropical New Wor ...

''. ''Lateristachys'' species are native to the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

, Australia and New Zealand.

Species

, the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' recognized three species: *'' Lateristachys diffusa'' (R.Br.) Holub *''

Lateristachys halconensis ''Lateristachys'' is a genus of Lycopodiopsida, lycophytes in the family Lycopodiaceae. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is placed in the subfamily Lycopodielloideae. Some sources do not recognize the genus, ...

'' (Copel.) Holub *''

Lateristachys lateralis ''Lateristachys lateralis'', synonym ''Lycopodiella lateralis'', commonly known as slender club moss, is a species of club moss native to eastern Australia and New Zealand. It grows in wet bog A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates ...

'' (R.Br.) Holub

References

Lycopodiaceae Lycophyte genera {{Lycophyte-stub