Lycopodium apodum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1105. 1753.

"Habitat in Carolina, Virginia, Pensylvania." RCN: 7979.

Lectotype (Fraile in Davidse & al., Fl. Mesoamericana 1: 29. 1995): Kalm, Herb. Linn. No. 1257.27 (LINN) .

Current name: Selaginella apoda (L.) Spring ( Selaginellaceae).

Note: See Morton (in Amer. Fern J. 57: 104-106. 1967) and Rauschert (in Feddes Repert. 94: 289. 1983), who discuss the orthography of the epithet.