Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 1102 (1753).

Derivation: Greek lykos, wolf; podion, little foot; resemblance of leaves to claws.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Sporophytes terrestrial or epiphytic, perennial, herbaceous, tuber absent; sporophylls (in S.Aust. species) modified, bract-like, aggregated together into strobili; sporangia solitary in the axils of the sporophylls, compressed, more or less reniform, opening by a transverse slit.

Image source: fig. 17n in J.P. Jessop and H.R. Toelken Ed. 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Distribution:  About 450 species; cosmopolitan.

Biology: No text

Key to Species:

1. Stems decumbent or erect, not appressed to substrate
2. Strobili terminal, stems much branched	L. deuterodensum 1.
2. Strobili lateral, stems simple or few-branched from near base	L. laterale 2.
1. Stems prostrate, firmly appressed to substrate	L. serpentinum 3.

Author: Not yet available

Image source: fig. 17o in J.P. Jessop and H.R. Toelken Ed. 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).