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

[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean. Elevation range: 1050–4200 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Bogotá DC, Boyacá, Caldas, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
- Habit
- Herb.
- Conservation
- National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, inland rocky areas, desert, artificial - terrestrial.
- Vernacular
- Cacho de venao, Caminadera, Colchón de pobre, Lycopodio
[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- colchón de pobre, gateadera
[UPB]
The Useful Plants of Boyacá project
- Morphology General Habit
- Herb.
- Ecology
- Alt. 1050 - 4200 m.
- Distribution
- Native from Colombia.
- Conservation
- Not Evaluated.
[UPFC]
- Use Animal Food
- Used as animal food.
- Use Environmental
- Environmental uses.
- Use Fuel
- Used for fuels.
- Use Food
- Used for food.
- Use Materials
- Used as material.
- Use Medicines
- Medical uses.
- Use Social
- Social uses.
[UPB]
- Use Environmental Ornamentals
- Ornamental (Galvis & Morales 2010, State of the World's Plants 2016).
- Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
- Folk medicine: spores are used as a lubricant for suppositories (Galvis & Morales 2010).
Native to:
Alabama, Alaska, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, Colombia, Comoros, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Free State, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Lesotho, Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Solomon Is., South Carolina, Spain, Sudan, Sulawesi, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tennessee, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Spanish
- Caminadera, cacho de venado, licopodio, colchón de pobre, cacho de venao.
Lycopodium clavatum L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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May 22, 2018 | anonymous [27130], Malaysia | K000698027 | No | ||
May 22, 2018 | Samat bin Abdullah, A. [2053], Malaysia | K000698024 | No | ||
May 22, 2018 | Hardial [252], Malaysia | K000698025 | No | ||
May 22, 2018 | Saw, L.G. [34364], Malaysia | K000446548 | No | ||
May 22, 2018 | Holttum, R.E. [11203], Malaysia | K000698029 | No | ||
May 22, 2018 | Henderson, M.R. [10982], Malaysia | K000698030 | No | ||
May 22, 2018 | Holttum, R.E. [31386], Malaysia | K000698031 | No | ||
May 22, 2018 | Parris, B.S. [18/85], Malaysia | K000698028 | No | ||
May 22, 2018 | Chew, Wee-lek [1246], Malaysia | K000698033 | No | ||
May 22, 2018 | anonymous [8022], Malaysia | K000698023 | No | ||
May 22, 2018 | Sinclair, J. [9954], Malaysia | K000698026 | No | ||
May 22, 2018 | Shimizu, T. [13420], Malaysia | K000698032 | No | ||
May 22, 2018 | Banfield, F.S. [s.n.], Malaysia | K000698034 | No | ||
Aug 1, 2009 | Gardette, E. [86], Indonesia | K000636989 | No | ||
Jan 19, 2009 | Amin [SAN114351], Sabah | K000421650 | No | ||
Dec 1, 2006 | Gaerlan [26551], Philippines | K000446854 | No | ||
Jul 1, 2005 | Amin [117338], Malaysia | K000420183 | No | ||
Mar 1, 2004 | Mentor, A. [131348], Malaysia | K000445598 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2003 | Spruce, R. [5410], Ecuador | K000200250 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1988 | Borssum, J. W. van [2380], Indonesia | K000757831 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1988 | Main [359], Indonesia | K000785001 | No | ||
Nov 10, 1986 | Laumonier, Y. [6634], Indonesia | K000757830 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1985 | Beaman, J.H. [9964], Malaysia | K000785011 | No | ||
Aug 2, 1980 | Preston-Mafham, K.G. [10], Malaysia | K000785021 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1980 | Gibot, A. [74129], Malaysia | K000785019 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1974 | Jacobs, M. [7144], Philippines | K000398543 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1974 | Jacobs, M. [7209], Philippines | K000398544 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1967 | Weber, B.E. [54729], Malaysia | K000785012 | No | ||
Nov 1, 1962 | Matthew, C.G. [s.n.], Indonesia | K000784192 | No | ||
Nov 1, 1962 | Matthew, C.G. [s.n.], Indonesia | K000784195 | No | ||
Nov 1, 1962 | Hancock, W. [115], Indonesia | K000784194 | No | ||
Nov 1, 1962 | Newton, F. [s.n.], Indonesia | K000785002 | No | ||
Nov 1, 1962 | Hancock, W. [104], Indonesia | K000784193 | No | ||
Aug 1, 1953 | Meijer, W. [1720], Indonesia | K000757843 | No | ||
Oct 1, 1940 | Schiffner, V. [10], Indonesia | K000757836 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1935 | Clemens, J. [28532], Malaysia | K000785015 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1935 | Clemens, J. [30377], Indonesia | K000757851 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1925 | Bünnemeijer, H.A.B. [12262], Indonesia | K000785023 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1919 | Bünnemeijer, H.A.B. [5150], Indonesia | K000784196 | No | ||
Jan 14, 1910 | Mousset, M. [69], Indonesia | K000757840 | No | ||
Jan 14, 1910 | Mousset, M. [69], Indonesia | K000757841 | No | ||
Santos, J.K. [31903], Philippines | K000398541 | No | |||
Darnaedi, D. [137], Indonesia | K000757829 | No | |||
Junghuhn, F.W. [290], Indonesia | K000757842 | No | |||
Raciborski, M. [s.n.], Indonesia | K000757845 | No | |||
Junghuhn, F.W. [275], Indonesia | K000757850 | No | |||
Parris, B.S. [11603], Malaysia | K000785005 | No | |||
Sinclair, J. [9139], Malaysia | K000785006 | No | |||
Holttum, R.E. [25455], Malaysia | K000785013 | No | |||
Wallich, N. [131], Nepal | K001094164 | Yes | |||
Weber, B.E. [s.n.], Malaysia | K000785003 | No | |||
Collenette, S. [21507], Malaysia | K000785008 | No | |||
Kamau [648], Kenya | K000696586 | No | |||
Katende [1034], Uganda | K000449482 | No | |||
Beccari, O. [478], Indonesia | K000757835 | No | |||
Raciborski, M. [s.n.], Indonesia | K000757852 | No | |||
Everett, A.H. [72], Indonesia | K000785022 | No | |||
Simpson, D.A. [89], Malaysia | K000785016 | No | |||
Iwatsuki, k. [1161], Indonesia | K000757832 | No | |||
Molesworth Allen, B.E.G. [3264], Malaysia | K000785017 | No | |||
Steenis, C.G.G.J. van [10637], Indonesia | K000757848 | No | |||
Clemens, J. [51629], Malaysia | K000785014 | No | |||
Blume, C.L. [s.n.], Indonesia | K000757847 | No | |||
Parris, B.S. [11292], Malaysia | K000785004 | No | |||
Clemens, J. [29003], Malaysia | K000785018 | No | |||
Raciborski, M. [s.n.], Indonesia | K000757846 | No | |||
Schmutz, E. [1966], Indonesia | K000757849 | No | |||
Chew, W.L. [725], Malaysia | K000785020 | No | |||
Iwatsuki, k. [1440], Indonesia | K000757833 | No | |||
Parris, B.S. [11187], Indonesia | K000785024 | No | |||
Saikeh Lantoh [82754], Malaysia | K000785009 | No | |||
Voogd, C.N.A.de [s.n.], Indonesia | K000757837 | No | |||
Whitehead, J.C. [236], Indonesia | K000757834 | No | |||
Amin [121015], Malaysia | K000451269 | No | |||
Ernst, A. [500], Indonesia | K000757838 | No | |||
Kato, M. [1456], Malaysia | K000785007 | No | |||
Kostermans, A. [s.n.], Indonesia | K000757839 | No | |||
Vriese, W.H. de [s.n.], Indonesia | K000757844 | No | |||
Micholitz, W. [s.n.], Philippines | K000398539 | No | |||
Gibot, A. [79577], Malaysia | K000785010 | No |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 1101 (1753)
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