Plant Details

Accepted name:: Huperzia selago (L.) Bernh. ex Schrank & Mart. [Lycopodiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
fir club-moss	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fir clubmoss	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
kibrit otu	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
likopodi	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
northern firmoss	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
баранець	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
小接筋草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
vegetative parts, whole plant		Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 31 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lycopodium selago L. Sp. Pl.: 1102 (1753).
Huperzia acuminata (Sugim.) Satou Hikobia 12: 268 (1997).
Huperzia apolinari-mariae (Nessel) Holub Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 20: 70 (1985).
Huperzia dixitiana P.Mondal & R.K.Ghosh Fern Gaz. 15: 72 (1995).
Huperzia selago var. sulcata Ching Acta Bot. Yunnan. 3: 303 (1981).
Lycopodium abietiforme Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 22 (1821 publ. 1822).
Lycopodium densum Lam. Fl. Franç. 1: 33 (1779), nom. superfl.
Lycopodium disseminatum Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 37 (1867), nom. illeg.
Lycopodium recurvum Kit. ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 5: 50 (1810).
Lycopodium reflexum Opiz Hesperus 1813: 599 (1813), nom. illeg.
Lycopodium selago var. acuminatum Sugim. Keys Herb. Pl. Jap. 3: 409 (1966).
Lycopodium selago f. alpestre Berlin Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 41(7): 83 (1884).
Lycopodium selago f. alpinum (G.Lawson) M.Broun Index No. Amer. Ferns: 112 (1938).
Lycopodium selago var. densum Wallr. Fl. Crypt. Germ. 1: 32 (1831).
Lycopodium selago var. patens (P.Beauv.) Desv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 180 (1827).
Lycopodium selago f. patens (P.Beauv.) Clute Fern Bull. 17: 20 (1909).
Lycopodium selago subsp. patens (P.Beauv.) Calder & Roy L.Taylor Canad. J. Bot. 43: 1388 (1965).
Lycopodium selago var. recurvum (Kit. ex Willd.) Desv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 180 (1827).
Lycopodium selago f. sylvaticum (G.Lawson) M.Broun Index No. Amer. Ferns: 112 (1938).
Lycopodium selago var. typicum Wherry Bartonia 21: 16 (1942), not validly publ.
Mirmau selago (L.) H.P.Fuchs Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel 66: 43 (1955).
Plananthus fastigiatus Opiz Kratos 1(4): 19 (1819), nom. superfl.
Plananthus patens P.Beauv. Prodr. Aethéogam.: 100 (1805).
Plananthus recurvus (Kit. ex Willd.) Opiz Kratos 1(4): 19 (1819).
Plananthus selago (L.) P.Beauv. Prodr. Aethéogam.: 112 (1805).
Selago vulgaris Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 825 (1866).
Urostachys apolinar-mariae Nessel Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 36: 177 (1934).
Urostachys selago (L.) Herter Philipp. J. Sci. 22: 180 (1923).
Urostachys selago f. alpestris Berland. ex Nessel Bärlappgewächse: 39 (1939).
Urostachys selago var. groenlandicus T.Wulff ex Nessel Bärlappgewächse: 39 (1939).
Urostachys selago var. incurvus (Beutelsp.) Herter ex Nessel Bärlappgewächse: 38 (1939), no Latin descr.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Huperzia selago	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Huperzia selago (L.) Bernh. ex Mart. & Schrank var. selago	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Huperzia selago (L.) Bernh. ex Schrank & Mart.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Huperzia selago (L.) Bernh. ex Schrank & Mart. var. selago	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Huperzia selago (L.) Bernh. ex Schrank & Mast.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Huperzia selago (L.) Bernh. ex Schrank et Mart.,	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
Huperzia selago (L.) Bernh. ex Schrank et Mast.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Huperzia selago (L.) Bernhardi	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lycopodium selago	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
Lycopodium selago (L.) Dill.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lycopodium selago L.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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