Lycopodiaceae

Lycopodium japonicum Thunb.

Family: Lycopodiaceae
Genus: Lycopodium

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Lycopodium japonicum (Lycopodium japonicum) — LeavesPhoto: pavlaki1968, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

Arabic: رجل الذئب المشابه
Chinese: 日本石松, 伸筋草, 石松, 石松子, 云南石松

Synonyms

Lycopodium centrochinense Ching
Lycopodium clavatum var. nipponicum Nakai
Lycopodium clavatum var. wallichianum Spring
Lycopodium divaricatum (Rosenst. ex Brade) Rosenst. ex Nessel & Hoehne
Lycopodium interjectum Ching & H.S.Kung
Lycopodium japonicum f. yunnanense (Ching) W.M.Chu
Lycopodium japonicum var. wallichianum (Spring) Satou
Lycopodium kinabaluense Ching
Lycopodium pseudoclavatum Ching
Lycopodium pseudoclavatum Ching
Lycopodium pseudoclavatum var. pseudoclavatum
Lycopodium pseudoclavatum var. yunnanense Ching
Lycopodium simulans Ching & H.S.Kung
Lycopodium taliense Ching
Stachygynandrum japonicum (Thunb.) P.Beauv.

Photos

LeavesPhoto: pavlaki1968, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: John Kenrick Gibson, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: avocat, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: りなべる, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.