Lycopodiaceae P.Beauv. ex Mirb.
Lycopodium diffusum R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 165 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "(D.) v.v." [given as "Hab in terra van Dieman: Brown" by A.Spring, Monographie de la Famille des Lycopodiacées 1 (1841) 82].
Hooker, J.D. (3 September 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(7): 156 [basionym]
basionym of: Lycopodium laterale var. diffusum (R.Br.) Hook.f. legitimate
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 280 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Lycopodium laterale R.Br. legitimate
Rothmaler, W.H.P. (30 September 1944), Pteridophyten-Studien I. Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 54(1): 67 [basionym]
basionym of: Lepidotis diffusa (R.Br.) Rothm. legitimate
Holub, J.L. (1983), Validation of generic names in Lycopodiaceae: with a description of a new genus Pseudolycopodiella. Folia Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica 18: 441 [basionym]
basionym of: Lateristachys diffusa (R.Br.) Holub legitimate
Øllgaard, B. (1987), A revised classification of the Lycopodiaceae s. lat. Opera Botanica 92: 176 [basionym]
basionym of: Lycopodiella diffusa (R.Br.) B.Øllg. legitimate
Chinnock, R.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Lycopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 76 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Lycopodiella diffusa (R.Br.) B.Øllg. legitimate
Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I. Australian Systematic Botany 33(1): 4 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "Port Del Esperance, Van Diemen’s Land [Dover, Tasmania], 1802–1805, R.Brown Iter Austral. 130 (lecto, designated here: BM 001038074*; possible isolecto: K 001094145* [on a mixed sheet], K 001094147* [on a mixed sheet])."
  • Text: "Three syntypes of Lycopodium diffusum are known. The complete fertile and labelled specimen in Brown’s own herbarium (now at BM) is here selected as the lectotype, because the alternative K specimens are mounted on mixed sheets."
Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I. Australian Systematic Botany 33(1): 4 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Lateristachys diffusa (R.Br.) Holub legitimate