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."

Trevisan de Saint-Léon, V.B.A. (1874), Sylloge Sporophytum Italiae. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali 17(2): 17 [basionym]

basionym of: Huperzia varia (R.Br.) Trevis. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1877), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 10(87): 118 [basionym]

basionym of: Lycopodium selago var. varium (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 498 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Lycopodium selago var. varium (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 280 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lycopodium selago L. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 634 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 228 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lycopodium selago var. varium (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

Cheeseman, T.F. (1919), The vascular flora of Macquarie Island: 40 [secondary reference]

Nessel, H. (1939), Die Barlappgewachse (Lycopodiaceae): 192 [basionym]

basionym of: Urostachys varius (R.Br.) Herter ex Nessel legitimate

Wakefield, N.A. (8 April 1942), Some fern and clubmoss notes. The Victorian Naturalist 58(12): 200 [secondary reference]

common name: Variable Clubmoss [n/a]

Rothmaler, W.H.P. (30 September 1944), Pteridophyten-Studien I. Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 54(1): 61 [basionym]

basionym of: Huperzia varia (R.Br.) Rothm. isonym

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 50 [secondary reference]

vernacular name: Tall Clubmoss [n/a] vernacular name: Long Clubmoss [n/a]

Du Puy, D.J. & Orchard, A.E. (1993), Lycopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 532 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Huperzia australiana (Herter) Holub legitimate by Cheeseman, T.F. (1919), The vascular flora of Macquarie Island: 40

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 24 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Huperzia varia (R.Br.) Trevis. legitimate

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 549 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Huperzia varia (R.Br.) Trevis. legitimate

Chinnock, R.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Appendix. Lycopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 705 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Table Mountain, [Mt Wellington, Tas.], R.Brown Iter Austral. 124 [ lecto (here chosen): BM; isolecto: K."

Chinnock, R.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Lycopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 81 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Huperzia varia (R.Br.) Trevis. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Huperzia varia (R.Br.) Trevis. legitimate

Field, A.R. & Bostock, P.D. (2013), New and existing combinations in Palaeotropical Phlegmariurus (Lycopodiaceae) and typification of the type species Phlegmariurus phlegmaria (L.) T.Sen & U.Sen. Phytokeys 20: 49 [basionym]

basionym of: Phlegmariurus varius (R.Br.) A.R.Field & Bostock legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Phlegmariurus varius (R.Br.) A.R.Field & Bostock 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): 9 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Table Mountain [Mount Wellington, Tasmania], 1802–1805, R.Brown Iter Austral. 124 (lecto: BM 001038064*; possible isolecto: K 001094151*..."

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): 9 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Phlegmariurus varius (R.Br.) A.R.Field & Bostock legitimate

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