Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Lycopodium

Lycopodiaceae P.Beauv. ex Mirb.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Lycopodiidae(subcl.)
Lycopodiales(ordo)
Lycopodiaceae(fam.)
Lycopodium(gen.)

, legitimate

, scientific

Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2

:

1100

[tax. nov.]

Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5

:

486

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1861), Sixth Systematic Index of the Plants indigenous to the Colony of Victoria.

Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly

:

18

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants

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136

[pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of:

Selaginella P.Beauv.

nom. cons.

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales

:

280

[secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants

:

634

[secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae.

Flora of South Australia

:

43

[secondary reference]

common name:

Clubmoss

[n/a]

Etymology: "Greek lykos, wolf; podion, little foot: resemblance of the leaves to claws."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1

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42

[secondary reference]

Etymology: "Greek lykos, wolf; podion, little foot; resemblance of the leaves to claws"

Tindale, M.D. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (1958), The Pteridophyta of Arnhem Land.

Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology

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172

[secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains

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40

[secondary reference]

Costin, A.B., Gray, M., Totterdell, C.J. & Wimbush, D.J. (1979), Kosciusko Alpine Flora Edn. 1

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113

[secondary reference]

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Lycopodiaceae.

Flora of the Perth Region

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43

[secondary reference]

Jermy, A.C. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1990), Isoetaceae.

The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants

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36-37, Fig. 11B

[secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Lycopodiaceae.

Flora of New South Wales

:

6

[secondary reference]

common name:

Clubmosses

[n/a]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera

:

52, 142, 241

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Lepidotis P.Beauv. ex Mirb.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Diphasium C.Presl ex Rothm.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Austrolycopodium Holub

legitimate

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Ferns and Allied Plants.

Flora of Victoria

:

20

[secondary reference]

Chinnock, R.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Lycopodiaceae.

Flora of Australia

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67-68

[secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000), Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1

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3

[secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Lycopodiaceae.

Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition

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6

[secondary reference]

common name:

Clubmosses

[n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Diphasium C.Presl ex Rothm.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Pseudolycopodium Holub

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Pseudodiphasium Holub

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Lycopodium sect. Pseudolycopodium (Holub) B.Øllg.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Lycopodium sect. Pseudodiphasium (Holub) B.Øllg.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Lycopodium sect. Magellanica B.Øllg.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Lycopodium sect. Diphasium (C.Presl ex Rothm.) B.Øllg.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Austrolycopodium Holub

legitimate

APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3

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507

[secondary reference]

Christenhusz, M.J.M., Zhang, X.C. & Schneider, H. (2011), A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns.

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9

[secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census

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- APC

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Lycopodium sect. Magellanica B.Øllg.

legitimate

APC Comment: A widespread taxon previously recorded for Australia. Australian taxa in this genus are now placed in a number of other pteridophyte genera.