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Lycopodium clavatum is a spore-bearing vascular plant, growing mainly prostrate along the ground with stems up to 1 m (39 in) long; the stems are much branched, and densely clothed with small, spirally arranged microphyll leaves.
Lycopodium (from Ancient Greek lykos, wolf and podion, diminutive of pous, foot) [2] is a genus of clubmosses, also known as ground pines or creeping cedars, [3] in the family Lycopodiaceae. Two very different circumscriptions of the genus are in use.
The powder consists of the dry spores of clubmoss plants, or various fern relatives principally in the genera Lycopodium and Diphasiastrum.The preferred source species are Lycopodium clavatum (stag's horn clubmoss) and Diphasiastrum digitatum (common groundcedar), because these widespread and often locally abundant species are both prolific in their spore production and easy to collect.
Contains ingenol mebutate (Picato) which is used to treat skin cancer [9] Maytenus ovatus. Trastuzumab emtansine (Kadcyla) is an antibody conjugated to a synthetic derivative of the cytotoxic principle of the Ethiopian plant Maytenus ovatus. It used to treat breast cancer. [10] Mappia foetida
Collage of modern lycophytes. Upper left: Lycopodium clavatum (Lycopodiales, Lycopodioideae) Lower left: Huperzia serrata (Lycopodiales, Huperzioideae) Top right: Isoetes japonica Right centre: Selaginella tamariscina Lower right: Selaginella remotifolia Selaginellales
The spores have long been used as a flash powder. See Lycopodium powder. The spores have been used by violin makers for centuries as a pore filler. In Cornwall, club mosses gathered during certain lunar phases were historically used as a remedy for eye disease.
"Bay leaves are safe to use in cooking but should be removed before consuming the dish because they can be hard and sharp," dietitian Jamie Nadeau, RD, tells USA TODAY.
Lycopodium [1] Lycopodium clavatum: Wolf's foot, clubmoss Thuja [1] [citation needed] Thuja occidentalis: Urtica urens [1] Stinging nettle: Mag phos Magnesium Phosphoricum: Mag phos, Magnesium Hydrogen Phosphate Trihydrate, Phosphate of Magnesia