= Diphasium heterophyllum (Spreng.) Holub; Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 20: 78 (1985)
= Diphasium holtonii (Underw. & F.E.Lloyd) Holub; Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 20: 78 (1985)
= Diphasium lindseaceum (Spring) Holub; Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 20: 78 (1985)
= Lycopodium canceris Herter; Index Lycopod. 8 (1949)
= Lycopodium haenkei C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1(1): 78 (1825)
= Lycopodium haenkei var. ramosissimum C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 78 (1825)
= Lycopodium heterophyllum Willd. ex Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(1): 13 (1827)
= Lycopodium holtonii Underw. & F.E.Lloyd; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 123 (1906)
= Lycopodium jussiaei Desv. ex Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] Suppl. 3: 543 (1813 [1814])
= Lycopodium jussiaei var. microphyllum Desv.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 3: 543 (1814)
= Lycopodium lindseaceum Spring; Flora 21: 180 (1838)
= Lycopodium scariosum var. heterophyllum (Spreng.) Nessel; Bärlappgewächse 343 (1939)
= Lycopodium scariosum var. holtonii (Underw. & F.E.Lloyd) Nessel; Bärlappgewächse 343 (1939)
= Lycopodium scariosum var. jussiaei (Desv. ex Poir.) Baker; Handb. Fern-Allies 29 (1887) (jussieui)
= Lycopodium scariosum var. jussiaei (Desv. ex Poir.) Jenman; Bull. Bot. Dept., Jamaica, n. s. 5: 232 (1898), isonym
= Lycopodium scariosum var. microphyllum (Desv. ex Poir.) Nessel; Bärlappgewächse 343 (1939)
= Lycopodium scariosum var. ramosissimum Bancr. ex Nessel; Bärlappgewächse 345 (1939)