Family:
Lycopodiaceae P.Beauv. ex Mirb.
Genus:
Lycopodium L.

Lycopodium complanatum L.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Subarctic & Temp. Northern Hemisphere. It is has social uses and as a poison and a medicine.

[UPFC]
Distribution
Colombian departments: Bogotá DC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, native grassland, artificial - terrestrial.
Vernacular
Caminadera

[UPFC]
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Poisons
Poisons.
Use Social
Social uses.

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, British Columbia, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China South-Central, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, Germany, Greenland, Hainan, Haiti, Hungary, Idaho, India, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Myanmar, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Poland, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tibet, Tuva, Ukraine, Vermont, Vietnam, Washington, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Extinct in:

Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Netherlands

Lycopodium complanatum L. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Aug 12, 2011 Collenette, S. [561], Malaysia K000783382
Aug 12, 2011 Bünnemeijer, H.A.B. [5633], Indonesia K000783370
Aug 12, 2011 Whitehead, J.C. [235], Indonesia K000783371
Aug 12, 2011 Iwatsuki, k. [1438], Indonesia K000783374
Aug 12, 2011 Curtis, C. [s.n.], Indonesia K000783426
Aug 12, 2011 Laumonier, Y. [6635], Indonesia K000783375
Aug 12, 2011 Clemens, J. [51510], Malaysia K000783385
Aug 12, 2011 Chew, W.L. [7139], Malaysia K000445599
Aug 12, 2011 Borssum, J. W. van [2379], Indonesia K000783372
Aug 12, 2011 Chew, W.L. [7139], Malaysia K000783383
Aug 12, 2011 Beccari, O. [472], Indonesia K000783373
Aug 12, 2011 Raciborski, M. [s.n.], Indonesia K000783381
Aug 12, 2011 Laumonier, Y. [6635], Indonesia K000783376
Aug 12, 2011 Voogd, C.N.A.de [s.n.], Indonesia K000783377
Aug 12, 2011 Curtis, C. [s.n.], Indonesia K000783425
Aug 12, 2011 Matthew, C.G. [s.n.], Indonesia K000783427
Aug 12, 2011 Raciborski, M. [s.n.], Indonesia K000783380
Aug 12, 2011 Amin [60320], Malaysia K000783384
Aug 12, 2011 Voogd, C.N.A.de [s.n.], Indonesia K000783378
Aug 12, 2011 Raciborski, M. [s.n.], Indonesia K000783379
Jul 4, 2007 Kamarudin [31277], Malaysia K000698043
Jul 4, 2007 Shimizu, T. [13418], Malaysia K000698045
Jul 4, 2007 Merton, L.F.H. [4182], Malaysia K000698039
Jul 4, 2007 Sinclair, J. [9961], Malaysia K000698042
Jul 4, 2007 Simpson, D.A. [2660], Malaysia K000474934
Jul 4, 2007 Long, F.R. [9], Malaysia K000698044
Jul 4, 2007 Hardial [253], Malaysia K000698041
Jul 4, 2007 Ernst, A. [1211], Malaysia K000698040
Johns, R.J. [9169], New Guinea 64358.000
Chew, W.L. [4413], Malaysia K000783369 isotype
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2186], India K001115380
Eyma, P.J. [620], Indonesia K000783423
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2186], India K001115379
Copeland, E.B. [128], Philippines K000398546
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2186], India K001115381
Christenhuis, M.J.M. [6748], Finland K000696722
Eyma, P.J. [750], Indonesia K000783422
Argent, G. [8787], Indonesia K000445600
Parris, B.S. [11179], Indonesia K000783424

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1104 (1753)

Accepted by

  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Ebihara, A. (2016). The standard of ferns and lycophytes in Japan. Nihonsan shida shokubutsu hyojun zukan 1: 1-475. Gakken Plus, Tokyo.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2018). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 2: 1-573. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.

Not accepted by

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Lycopodium complanatum.]

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
  • Cherepanov, S. K. (ed.) (1981). Sosudistye Rasteniia SSSR 1: 1-509. Nauka, Leningradskoe Otdelenie.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2000). Flora of Siberia 1: 1-189. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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