Huperzia saururus (Lam.) Trevisan [family LYCOPODIACEAE], in Atti Soc. Ital. Sc. Nat. 17: 248 (1875); Rothm. in F.R. 54: 60 (1944); Tardieu, Fl. Madag. 13 & 13 bis: 24, fig. 3/5–6 (1971); Pic. Serm. in B.S.B.B. 53: 185 (1983); Schippers in Fern Gaz. 14: 174 (1993); Faden in U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 38 (1994). Type: Réunion [Ile Bourbon], Commerson s.n. (P-LAM, holo.)
Lycopodium saururus Lam. [family LYCOPODIACEAE], Encycl. Méth. Bot. 3: 653 (1789); Hieron. in P.O.A.C: 90 (1895) & in V.E. 2: 71, fig. 68 (1908); Sim, Ferns S. Afr. ed. 2: 324, t. 175 (1915); F.D.-O.A.: 88 (1929); Chr. in Dansk Bot. Arkiv 7: 188 (1932); Alston, Ferns W.T.A.: 11 (1959); Tardieu, Fl. Cameroun 3: 10 (1964); W. Jacobsen, Ferns S. Afr.: 132, fig. 74 (1983); Schelpe & N.C. Anthony, F.S.A. Pterid.: 5, fig. 2/1 (1986); J.E. Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns: 12, t. 1/2, fig. 2/2, 2a (1990)