Lycopodium ornithopodioides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1105. 1753.
"Habitat in India." RCN: 7983.
Type not designated.
Original material: Herb. Hermann 3: 1, No. 388 (BM); [icon] in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 464, t. 66, f. 1 B. 1741.
Current name: Selaginella ornithopodioides (L.) Spring ( Selaginellaceae).