Lycopodiaceae family

Family Lycopodiaceae Genus Palhinhaea 30 P. cemua (L.) A. Franco et Vase. Jinpin, Yunnan ... 

The family of Lycopodiaceae contains three genera of clubmoss, Huperzia, Lycopodium, and Lycopodiella. 

Family I.—Lycopodiaceae, including the single genus Lycopodium with widely distributed species. The spores of Lycopodhm clavatum are official. 

Besides his classic studies on the isoquinoline family of alkaloids, Manske also undertook, in collaboration with Leo Marion, an examination of the Lycopodiaceae native to Canada. From this work some thirty alkaloids were characterized, and though he did not himself participate in a major way in their structural elucidation, he always followed the work with interest and insight. Other alkaloids with which he was concerned were members of the Senecio and Lobelia families, and in the latter group he discovered lobinal-ine, the first dimeric member of this family to be isolated. 

In the last group alone, there are more than 160 members, some of which are toxic. Many other alkaloids, some of great complexity, can be found in plants and frequently are referred to by the plant name. Thus, the Amaryllidaceae (exemplified by the common narcissus plant) alkaloids are a rich collection of complex stmctures. From the moss family Lycopodiaceae are obtained a group known as the Lycopodium alkaloids. Many miscellaneous alkaloids also are known. The book by Aniszewski is an excellent source of information on other types of alkaloids, their botanical distribution, and their biological and other features. 

---