Lycopodium clavatum

Lycopodium clavatum L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1101 1753. (syn: Lepidotis ciliata P. Beauv.; Lepidotis clavata (L.) P. Beauv.; Lycopodium aristatum var. robustius Hook. & Grev.; Lycopodium ciliatum (P. Beauv.) Sw.; Lycopodium clavatum var. asiaticum Ching ………………….; Lycopodium officinale Necker; Lycopodium preslii Hook. & Grev.; Lycopodium serpens C. Presl; Lycopodium tamariscispica Cesati; Lycopodium torridum Gaud.; Lycopodium trichiatum Bory; Lycopodium trichiatum var. borbonicum (Bory) Spring; Lycopodium trichophyes Spreng.; Urostachys plutonis Herter);

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Please look it up – the strobili on stalks give it away.
P.S. There’s a photo of it, if you get stuck, on pg. 400 of Ferns and Fern-allies of Nepal vol. 1 – get your copy free from the National herbaium, Godavary.  That’s what it’s there for and you could look at all Nepal ferns in the right folders in the herbarium, too.

Lycopodium clavatum most likely

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I think difficult to rely on this general book while there has been so many taxonomic changes in the past.
Can you check the book suggested by …

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References:
POWO  Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  Tropicos  IPNI  Wikipedia  Wikimedia Commons