Lycopodium L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1100 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Crozet Is., Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Fiji, Finland, France, Free State, Føroyar, Galápagos, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kerguelen, Kermadec Is., Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Manitoba, Marion-Prince Edward, Marquesas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Sakhalin, Samoa, Saskatchewan, Society Is., Solomon Is., South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South Georgia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tristan da Cunha, Tubuai Is., Turkey, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Utah, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Extinct in:

Corse

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balkrishna, A., Joshi, B., Sribastava, A., Shankar, R. & Shukla, B.K. (2019). Classification of extant Pteridophytes: a new approach. Indian Fern Journal 36: 311-341.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2018). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 2: 1-573. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 12, 2011 Vriese, W.H., de [s.n.] Indonesia K000783368 No
Aug 12, 2011 Illegible - De Vo--esco [387] Indonesia K000783367 No
Aug 12, 2011 Everett, A.H. [s.n.] Indonesia K000783163 No
Jul 11, 2007 Gaerlan; Romero; Conran [26620] Philippines K000492244 No
Jan 1, 2003 Spruce, R. [5411] Ecuador K000200229 No
Oct 1, 1999 Beaman, J.H. [11624] Malaysia K000474394 No
Oct 1, 1993 Beaman, J.H.; Sands, M.; Yong, R. [12023] Malaysia K000445577 No
Jan 1, 1988 Haenke [s.n] Peru K000574388 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Beccari, O. [413] Indonesia K000699034 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Giraldi, P.G. [s.n.] China K000512680 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Colenso, J.W. [s.n.] New Zealand K000853048 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Mathews [s.n] Peru K000574399 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Colenso, J.W. [s.n.] New Zealand K001094130 Type Yes
May 1, 1981 Leland, B.; Chase, E.W.B.; Tilden, J.E. [127] New Zealand K000853046 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Hall [38] Ecuador K000574402 Lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Eyma, P.J. [751] Indonesia K000783156 No
Jan 1, 1974 Jacobs, M. [7162] Philippines K000398545 No
Jan 1, 1974 Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [50928] Malaysia K000783158 No
Jan 1, 1964 Holttum, R.E. [26235] Indonesia K000699178 No
Nov 1, 1962 Loher, A. [969] Philippines K000398548 No
Nov 1, 1962 Micholitz, W. [s.n.] Philippines K000398552 No
Nov 1, 1962 Elmer, A.D.E. [6522] Philippines K000398549 No
Jun 11, 1959 Meller, C.J. [s.n.] Malawi K000351207 Type Yes
Aug 1, 1953 Meijer, W. [1679] Indonesia K000783153 No
Jan 1, 1935 Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [29859] Malaysia K000398076 No
Jan 1, 1935 Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [28980] Malaysia K000783155 No
Jan 1, 1935 Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [28861] Malaysia K000783152 No
Kajewski, S.F. [521] Solomon Islands K000855061 Type Yes
Loher, A. [968] Philippines K000398540 No
Mathews [1765] Peru K000574400 Unknown Type Material Yes
Vogel, E.F., de; Vermeulen, P. [7603] Indonesia K000398075 No
Anderson, W.R.; Stieber, M.; Kirkbride, J.H. [35783] Brazil K000574469 Type Yes
Leland, B.; Chase, E.W.B.; Tilden, J.E. [127] New Zealand K000853047 Unknown Type Material Yes
Parris, B.S. [11604] Malaysia K000783151 No
Braithwaite, A.F. [2379] Vanuatu K001581142 Yes
Braithwaite, A.F. [2168] Vanuatu K001581013 Yes
Wong, K.M. [1225] Brunei K000604523 No
Steenis, C.G.G.J., van [8546] Indonesia K000783157 No
s.coll. [48] Hawaii K000934090 Unknown Type Material Yes
Whitford, H.N. [798] Philippines K000376270 Type Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [6522] Philippines K000398547 No
Iwatsuki, k.; Murata, G.; Dransfield, J.; Saerudin [1225] Indonesia K000783162 No
Ashton, P.S. [306] Brunei K000604513 No
Jacobs, M. [7750] Philippines K000376271 No
Lowe, R.T. [42] Portugal K001094190 Unknown Type Material Yes
Braithwaite, A.F. [581] Fiji K001890897 No
Wallich, N. [2184] India K001094163 Unknown Type Material Yes
Braithwaite, A.F. [624] Fiji K001890927 No
Braithwaite, A.F. [625] Fiji K001890921 No
Braithwaite, A.F. [554] Fiji K001890892 No
Braithwaite, A.F. [581] Fiji K001890907 No
Hedberg, O. [4775] Tanzania K001569050 No
Schlechter, F.R.R. [15174] New Caledonia K000934118 Unknown Type Material Yes
Zamora, M. [19] Costa Rica K001572781 Yes
Kessler, P.J.A. [1501] Indonesia K000604525 No
Andau, D. [974] Malaysia K000604517 No
Piggott, A.G. [2305] Malaysia K000660244 No
Raciborski, M. [s.n.] Indonesia K000783160 No
Salgado, A.E. [689] Philippines K000398551 No
Fishlock, W.C. [83] Ghana K000351200 Type Yes
Braithwaite, A.F. [625] Fiji K001890916 No
Wiriadinata, H. [4037] Indonesia K000604520 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2189] India K001115387 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harley, R.M. [19702] Brazil K000574459 Type Yes
Gardette, E. [76] Indonesia K000636991 No
Maisels, F. [216] Cameroon K000875925 Yes
Braithwaite, A.F. [2380] Vanuatu K001581148 Yes
Schmid, M. [3867] Vanuatu K001581150 Yes
Schmid, M. [3870] Vanuatu K001581151 Yes
Braithwaite, A.F. [2378] Vanuatu K001581132 Yes
Braithwaite, A.F. [582] Fiji K001890896 No
Braithwaite, A.F. [s.n.] Austria K001890923 No
Adams, F. [s.n.] India K001094161 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2183] K001115376 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ashton, P.S. [111] Brunei K000398082 No
Schwartz, A. [3025] Indonesia K000783161 No
Wight, R. [14] Indian Subcontinent K001094162 Unknown Type Material Yes
Henry, A. [11551] China K001094185 Type Yes
Braithwaite, A.F. [2135] Vanuatu K001581119 Yes
Braithwaite, A.F. [2381] Vanuatu K001581143 Yes
Farges, R.P.P.G. [s.n.] China K001094180 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [2182] Indian Subcontinent K001094160 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bailey, F.M. [s.n.] K000407581 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 137] Nepal K001109362 Unknown Type Material Yes
Faurie, U.J. [2008] Taiwan K001094179 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [5228] Brazil K000574474 Unknown Type Material Yes
Metcalfe, C.R. K:SPC-22504.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2189] India K001115388 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ashton, P.S. [111] Brunei K000398083 No
Hose, G.D. [1412] Malaysia K000783154 No
Lowe, R.T. [150] Portugal K001094189 Unknown Type Material Yes
Johns, R.J. [6913] Brunei K000604514 No
Laurent, M. [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000351204 Type Yes
Grimes, J. [1094] Indonesia K000507969 No
Kessler, P.J.A. [2769] Indonesia K000604516 No
Wong, K.M. [1716] Brunei K000604521 No
Joanes, U.; Julia, S.; Pius, G.; Kuntil, L. [146922] Malaysia K000699943 No
Garside, S. [4869] South Africa K:SPC-26485.000 No
Argent, G.; Kamariah, A.S.; Pendry, C.; Mitchell [9163] Brunei K000604526 No
Welwitsch [167] Angola K000351208 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001094191 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2185] K001115378 Unknown Type Material Yes
Grimes, J. [1094] Indonesia K000516473 No
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Malaysia K000660243 No
Metcalfe, C.A. K:SPC-19134.000 No
Glaziou, A.F.M. [11721] Brazil K000574472 Unknown Type Material Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [6257] Philippines K000398542 No
Lowe, R.T. [150] Portugal K001094188 Unknown Type Material Yes
Johns, R.J. [7034] Brunei K000604524 No
Noton, E. [Cat. no. 129] India K001129314 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sinclair, J.; Edaño, G. [9806] Philippines K000398550 No
Faden, R.B. [70/180] Kenya K000351206 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wilson, E.H. [5409] China K001094181 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lowe, R.T. [s.n.] K001094192 Unknown Type Material Yes
La Croix, I.F. [5040] Congo, Republic of the K000501428 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2184] K001115377 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wong, K.M. [s.n.] Malaysia K000604522 No
Wilson, E.H. [5409] China K001094182 Type Yes
Lowe, R.T. [42] Portugal K001094186 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [5636] Brazil K000574473 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lim, S.P.; Pius; Dauni, S. [143274] Malaysia K000604518 No
Corner, E.J.H. [34641] Malaysia K000660129 Yes
Sanderson, J. [113] South Africa K000351222 Unknown Type Material Yes
Johns, R.J. [7045] Brunei K000604515 No
Rumutom, M. [94] Malaysia K000604519 No
Beccari, O. [475] Indonesia K000699166 No
Lowe, R.T. [s.n.] Portugal K001094193 Unknown Type Material Yes
Junghuhn, F.W. [905] Indonesia K000783159 No
s.coll. [1] Hawaii K000825279 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ford, C. [4] China K001094184 Type Yes
Coode, M.J.E. [6186] Indonesia K000446544 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0