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Taxon: Genus Lycopodium L. (1753) (plant)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1753
Unavailable original name:  Dillenius, 1741. Hist. Musc..
Original name:  Linnaeus, C. 1753b. Sp. Pl. 2: 1100.

Types

Type of: Lycopodiaceae (Family) P.Beauv. ex Mirb. (1802)
Type of: Lycopodioideae (Subfamily) W. H. Wagner & Beitel ex B. Øllg. Ref: PPG I, 2016: 570. [inferred]
Type, by subsequent designation: Lycopodium clavatum L. (1753) Ref: PPG I, 2016: 570 (Rob., W.J. 1914. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 41: 51).

Variants

Pre-starting point name: Lycopodium (Genus) Dill. (1741), nom. inval. Ref: Greuter & Troia, 2014: 681.

Synonyms

Junior objective synonym: Lepidotis (Genus) P.Beauv. (1802), nom. rej. Ref: E.R. Farr & G. Zijlstra (eds.), 1996-present: 9 Feb 1996 ("by lectotypification"). [false].
Including: Diphasiastrum (Genus) Holub
Including: Diphasium (Genus) C.Presl. ex Rothm.
Including: Huperzia (Genus) Bernh. (1801)
Including: Lycopodiella (Genus) Holub (1964)

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: wolfsklauw Ref: R. van der Meijden, 1990: 53.
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