Lycopodium circinale Linnaeus, Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 13: 794. 1774.

RCN: 7984.

Type not designated.

Original material: Vandelli, Herb. Linn. No. 1257.34 (LINN); [icon] in Morison, Pl. Hist. Univ. 3: 628, s. 15, t. 7, f. 51. 1699; [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 100, f. 3. 1691; Almag. Bot.: 257. 1696; [icon] in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 472, t. 66, f. 11. 1741.

Current name: Selaginella bryopteris (L.) Baker ( Selaginellaceae).