Lycopodium alopecuroides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1102. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia, Canada." RCN: 7966.

Lectotype ( Øllgaard in Biol. Skr. 34: 30. 1989): Kalm, Herb. Linn. No. 1257.7 (LINN) .

Current name: Lycopodiella alopecuroides (L.) Cranfill ( Lycopodiaceae).