Palhinhaea cernua(L.) Vasc. & Franco

staghorn clubmoss

WFO wfo-0001114065 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Palhinhaea cernua, photographed by Hugo Innes
fig. a Hugo Innes, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-03 / obs. 202893717
Palhinhaea cernua, photographed by Hugo Innes
fig. b Hugo Innes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203452919
Palhinhaea cernua, photographed by Thomas Mesaglio
fig. c Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175783936
Palhinhaea cernua, photographed by Tyler Bishop
fig. d Tyler Bishop, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198419685
Palhinhaea cernua, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. e Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183355462
Palhinhaea cernua, photographed by Saryu Mae 前 朝琉
fig. f Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188090113
Palhinhaea cernua, photographed by Leon Perrie
fig. g Leon Perrie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178192190
Palhinhaea cernua, photographed by 葉子
fig. h 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 178180457

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Confused withby our own model

These are not lookalikes we guessed at. Each one is a species our identification model genuinely mistook for this plant, and how many times. The error rate is published.

Also published as 57 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Lepidotis cernua (L.) P.Beauv.
  • Lycopodiella cernua (L.) Pic.Serm.
  • Lycopodiella cernua var. caboverdeana (Gilli) O.Eriksson, A.Hansen & Sunding
  • Lycopodiella cernua var. capillacea (Willd.) D.Heller
  • Lycopodiella cernua var. cernua
  • Lycopodiella cernua var. sikkimensis (Müll.Hal.) Panigrahi & Sarn.Singh
  • Lycopodium boryanum A.Rich.
  • Lycopodium capillaceum Spring
  • Lycopodium cernuum L.
  • Lycopodium cernuum f. durissimum Herter ex Nessel
  • Lycopodium cernuum f. ingens B.C.Tan & Tolentino
  • Lycopodium cernuum f. macrostachyum Christ
  • Lycopodium cernuum f. sikkimense (Müll.Hal.) H.S.Kung
  • Lycopodium cernuum var. blancheanum Stehlé
  • Lycopodium cernuum var. boryanum A.Rich.
  • Lycopodium cernuum var. brevifolium Christ
  • Lycopodium cernuum var. caboverdeanum Gilli
  • Lycopodium cernuum var. capillaceum (Spring) Nessel
  • Lycopodium cernuum var. chaminadeanum Stehlé
  • Lycopodium cernuum var. dussii Christ
  • Lycopodium cernuum var. majus C.Presl
  • Lycopodium cernuum var. marianum (Willd.) Baker
  • Lycopodium cernuum var. medium C.Presl
  • Lycopodium cernuum var. minus C.Presl

and 33 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.