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bendarli (Tam.) in Ayurveda - Lycopodium clavatum Linn.

bendarli (Tam.) :

Plant growing in native habitat Photograph by: V-wolf

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Family: Lycopodiaceae
Genus: Lycopodium
Species: Lycopodium clavatum


VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: Nabbeli, bendarli
English: clubmoss spores , clubmoss, common clubmoss, wolf-paw clubmoss, foxtail clubmoss, running ground-pine, running pine, running moss, princess pine,
Hindi: Nagbeli
Marathi: Bendarli
Mexican: : Polvo de licopodio
Chinese: Shen jin cao, Dong bei shi song.
French: Lycopode en Massue


Varities:

There are distinct subspecies and varieties in different parts of its range:

  • Lycopodium clavatum subsp. clavatum
    • Lycopodium clavatum subsp. clavatum var. clavatum (EuropeAsiaNorth America)
    • Lycopodium clavatum subsp. clavatum var. aristatum (MexicoCaribbeanCentral America, northern South America south to northern Argentina)
    • Lycopodium clavatum subsp. clavatum var. asiaticum (Japan, northeast China)
    • Lycopodium clavatum subsp. clavatum var. borbonicum (central and southern Africa)
    • Lycopodium clavatum subsp. clavatum var. kiboanum (mountains of tropical Africa)
  • Lycopodium clavatum subsp. contiguum (southern Central America, northern South Americasyn. Lycopodium contiguum)

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