Abstract: Phlegmariurus carinatus (Desv.) Ching, comb. nov.--Lycopodium cari-natum Desv. in Lam. Encycl. Supp1. 3:559. 1823; Spring, Monogr. Lycop.1:59 et 2:26. 18491 Baker, Handb. Fern Allies 17. 1887; Merr. in Lingnan Sci. Journ. 5:20. 1927; Ching et al. in F1. Hainanica 1:7. 1964. ---Lyco- podiuln carinatum var. minus Tagawa in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 15:7. 1951. --Urostachys Carinatus Herter ex Nessel, Barlcppgewachse 179. 1939.

Key words: taxomy, Chinese lycopodiaceae