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Bergplaas, George, South Africa.

Origin:
Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Ascension, Assam, Azores, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Kermadec Is., Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., South Carolina, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Author: Rodolfo Emilio Giuseppe Pichi Sermolli 1968.
Family:  Lycopodiaceae
Habitat:   Africa, Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia
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Soil:   Mix or Peat
Water:   Medium-Maximum
Sun:   Minimum-Medium
Thickness:  3 millimetres
Height:  20-100 centimetres
Flower:   No
Propagate:   Spores/Cuttings
Names:   Staghorn Clubmoss, Nodding Clubmoss, Creeping Club Moss, Scrambling Clubmoss
Synonyms:  Lycopodium cernuum, Carl Linnaeus 1753.
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This member of the Lycopodiaceae family was given this name by Rodolfo Emilio Giuseppe Pichi Sermolli in 1968. It is found in all tempered and warm parts of the world, growing in a rich peat, sand or clay with some to lots of water and little to some sun.

Synonyms:
Lepidotis cernua (L.) P.Beauv.
Lycopodiella cernua var. caboverdeana (Gilli) O.Eriksson, A.Hansen & Sunding
Lycopodiella cernua var. capillacea (Willd. ex Spring) D.Heller
Lycopodiella cernua var. sikkimensis (Müll.Hal.) Panigrahi & Sarn.Singh
Lycopodium capillaceum (Willd. ex Spring) Willd. ex Spring
Lycopodium cernuum L.
Lycopodium cernuum var. blancheanum Stehlé
Lycopodium cernuum var. brevifolium Christ
Lycopodium cernuum var. caboverdeanum Gilli
Lycopodium cernuum var. capillaceum Willd. ex Spring
Lycopodium cernuum var. chaminadeanum Stehlé
Lycopodium cernuum var. crassifolium Spring
Lycopodium cernuum f. durissimum Herter ex Nessel
Lycopodium cernuum var. dussii Christ
Lycopodium cernuum f. ingens B.C.Tan & Tolentino
Lycopodium cernuum f. macrostachyum Christ
Lycopodium cernuum var. majus C.Presl
Lycopodium cernuum var. medium C.Presl
Lycopodium cernuum var. minus C.Presl
Lycopodium cernuum var. panamense Wercklé ex Nessel
Lycopodium cernuum f. sikkimense (Müll.Hal.) H.S.Kung
Lycopodium cernuum var. watsonianum Herter ex Nessel
Lycopodium heeschii Müll.Hal.
Lycopodium hupeanum Müll.Hal.
Lycopodium marianum Willd.
Lycopodium secundum Müll.Hal.
Lycopodium sikkimense Müll.Hal.
Palhinhaea brevibracteata (Alderw.) Holub
Palhinhaea capillacea (Spring) Holub
Palhinhaea cernua (L.) Vasc. & Franco
Palhinhaea cernua f. ciliatomarginata W.M.Chu
Palhinhaea cernua var. lanceolata Gias & Pasha
Palhinhaea cernua f. laxa (Blume) Satou
Palhinhaea cernua var. pendula (Hook.) N.C.Nair & S.R.Ghosh
Palhinhaea cernua f. sikkimensis (Müll.Hal.) H.S.Kung
Palhinhaea cernua var. sikkimensis (Müll.Hal.) Ching
Palhinhaea lufengensis C.Y.Yang
Palhinhaea mariana (Willd.) Holub
Palhinhaea polycephala (Colenso) Holub