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

"Habitat in America calidiore." RCN: 7980.

Lectotype (Proctor in Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 2: 38. 1977): [icon] "Muscus squammosus erectus" in Plumier, Descr. Pl. Amér .: 35, t. 24. 1693.

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