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  1. Family: Lycopodiaceae P.Beauv. ex Mirb.
    1. Genus: Lycopodium L.

      1. Lycopodium clavatum L.

        This species is accepted, and its native range is Temp. Northern Hemisphere to Tropical Mountains. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as an ornamental plant.

    [UPB]

    The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

    Habit
    Herb.
    Ecology
    Alt. 1050 - 4200 m.
    Distribution
    Native from Colombia.
    Conservation
    Not Evaluated.
    [UPB]
    Ornamentals
    Ornamental (Galvis & Morales 2010, State of the World's Plants 2016).
    Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
    Folk medicine: spores are used as a lubricant for suppositories (Galvis & Morales 2010).

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Alaska, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, 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, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, 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, Lesotho, Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Masachusettes, 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 European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, 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, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

    Accepted Infraspecifics

    Synonyms

    Common Names
    Spanish
    Caminadera, cacho de venado, licopodio, colchón de pobre, cacho de venao.

    Other Data

    Lycopodium clavatum L. appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Aug 1, 2009 Gardette, E. [86], Indonesia K000636989
    Jul 4, 2007 Henderson, M.R. [10982], Malaysia K000698030
    Jul 4, 2007 Holttum, R.E. [11203], Malaysia K000698029
    Jul 4, 2007 Holttum, R.E. [31386], Malaysia K000698031
    Jul 4, 2007 Sinclair, J. [9954], Malaysia K000698026
    Jul 4, 2007 Parris, B.S. [18/85], Malaysia K000698028
    Jul 4, 2007 Saw, L.G. [34364], Malaysia K000446548
    Jul 4, 2007 Shimizu, T. [13420], Malaysia K000698032
    Jul 4, 2007 Hardial [252], Malaysia K000698025
    Jul 4, 2007 Chew, Wee-lek [1246], Malaysia K000698033
    Jul 4, 2007 Samat bin Abdullah, A. [2053], Malaysia K000698024
    Jul 4, 2007 anonymous [8022], Malaysia K000698023
    Jul 4, 2007 anonymous [27130], Malaysia K000698027
    Jul 4, 2007 Banfield, F.S. [s.n.], Malaysia K000698034
    Dec 1, 2006 Gaerlan [26551], Philippines K000446854
    Jul 1, 2005 Amin [117338], Malaysia K000420183
    Mar 1, 2004 Mentor, A. [131348], Malaysia K000445598
    Jan 1, 2003 Spruce, R. [5410], Ecuador K000200250
    Jan 1, 1988 Main [359], Indonesia K000785001
    Jan 1, 1988 Borssum, J. W. van [2380], Indonesia K000757831
    Nov 10, 1986 Laumonier, Y. [6634], Indonesia K000757830
    Jan 1, 1985 Beaman, J.H. [9964], Malaysia K000785011
    Aug 2, 1980 Preston-Mafham, K.G. [10], Malaysia K000785021
    Jan 1, 1980 Gibot, A. [74129], Malaysia K000785019
    Jan 1, 1974 Jacobs, M. [7144], Philippines K000398543
    Jan 1, 1974 Jacobs, M. [7209], Philippines K000398544
    Jan 1, 1967 Weber, B.E. [54729], Malaysia K000785012
    Nov 1, 1962 Matthew, C.G. [s.n.], Indonesia K000784192
    Nov 1, 1962 Matthew, C.G. [s.n.], Indonesia K000784195
    Nov 1, 1962 Newton, F. [s.n.], Indonesia K000785002
    Nov 1, 1962 Hancock, W. [104], Indonesia K000784193
    Nov 1, 1962 Hancock, W. [115], Indonesia K000784194
    Aug 1, 1953 Meijer, W. [1720], Indonesia K000757843
    Oct 1, 1940 Schiffner, V. [10], Indonesia K000757836
    Jan 1, 1935 Clemens, J. [30377], Indonesia K000757851
    Jan 1, 1935 Clemens, J. [28532], Malaysia K000785015
    Jan 1, 1925 Bünnemeijer, H.A.B. [12262], Indonesia K000785023
    Jan 1, 1919 Bünnemeijer, H.A.B. [5150], Indonesia K000784196
    Jan 14, 1910 Mousset, M. [69], Indonesia K000757840
    Jan 14, 1910 Mousset, M. [69], Indonesia K000757841
    Clemens, J. [51629], Malaysia K000785014
    Clemens, J. [29003], Malaysia K000785018
    Holttum, R.E. [25455], Malaysia K000785013
    Sinclair, J. [9139], Malaysia K000785006
    Collenette, S. [21507], Malaysia K000785008
    Chew, W.L. [725], Malaysia K000785020
    Parris, B.S. [11292], Malaysia K000785004
    Parris, B.S. [11603], Malaysia K000785005
    Parris, B.S. [11187], Indonesia K000785024
    Simpson, D.A. [89], Malaysia K000785016
    Beccari, O. [478], Indonesia K000757835
    Kostermans, A. [s.n.], Indonesia K000757839
    Micholitz, W. [s.n.], Philippines K000398539
    Darnaedi, D. [137], Indonesia K000757829
    Saikeh Lantoh [82754], Malaysia K000785009
    Everett, A.H. [72], Indonesia K000785022
    Schmutz, E. [1966], Indonesia K000757849
    Wallich, N. [131], Nepal K001094164
    Iwatsuki, k. [1161], Indonesia K000757832
    Iwatsuki, k. [1440], Indonesia K000757833
    Blume, C.L. [s.n.], Indonesia K000757847
    Kato, M. [1456], Malaysia K000785007
    Vriese, W.H. de [s.n.], Indonesia K000757844
    Ernst, A. [500], Indonesia K000757838
    Raciborski, M. [s.n.], Indonesia K000757845
    Raciborski, M. [s.n.], Indonesia K000757846
    Raciborski, M. [s.n.], Indonesia K000757852
    Whitehead, J.C. [236], Indonesia K000757834
    Molesworth Allen, B.E.G. [3264], Malaysia K000785017
    Steenis, C.G.G.J. van [10637], Indonesia K000757848
    Santos, J.K. [31903], Philippines K000398541
    Katende [1034], Uganda K000449482
    Gibot, A. [79577], Malaysia K000785010
    Junghuhn, F.W. [290], Indonesia K000757842
    Junghuhn, F.W. [275], Indonesia K000757850
    Amin [121015], Malaysia K000451269
    Voogd, C.N.A.de [s.n.], Indonesia K000757837
    Weber, B.E. [s.n.], Malaysia K000785003
    Kamau [648], Kenya K000696586

    Bibliography

    First published in Sp. Pl.: 1101 (1753)

    Accepted by

    • (2019). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23818107.2019.1652848 epublication.
    • Güner, A. (ed.) (2018). Resimli Türkiye Florasi (Illustrated Flora of Turkey) 2: 1-1054. ANG Vakfi/Nezahat Gökyigit Botanik Bahçesi, Istambul.
    • Flora of China Editorial Committee (2013). Lycopodiaceae through Polypodiaceae Flora of China 2-3: 1-959. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
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    • Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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    Literature

    Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Mildbr. Wiss. Ergebn. 1910–11, 2 : 177 (1922).
    • Sim F.S.A., ed. 2, 328, t. 180 (1915)
    • — Bak. F. Allies 25 (1887)

    Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • Kew's Economic Botany collection in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/
    • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Castro, C. (Proveedor de metadatos), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). Versión 11.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
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    Kew Backbone Distributions

    • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
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    • Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
    • Cherepanov, S. K. (ed.) (1981). Sosudistye Rasteniia SSSR 1: 1-509. Nauka, Leningradskoe Otdelenie.

    Sources

    Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
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    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
    'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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