Lycopodium carolinianum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1104. 1753.

"Habitat in Carolina." RCN: 7976.

Lectotype (Pichi Sermolli in Webbia 23: 165. 1968): [icon] " Lycopodium pinnatum repens, spicis & pediculis singularibus longis" in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 452, t. 62, f. 6. 1741. - Voucher: Herb. Dillenius (OXF) .

Current name: Lycopodiella caroliniana (L.) Pic. Serm. var. caroliniana ( Lycopodiaceae).