Kingdom Plantae Class Lycopodiopsida Genus Lycopodium Order Lycopodiales | Division Lycopodiophyta Family Lycopodiaceae Rank Species | |
Similar Clubmoss, Lycopodium lagopus, Lycopodium scariosum, Lycopodium hickeyi, Blechnum magellanicum | ||
Lycopodium magellanicum is a species of vascular plant in the club moss family Lycopodiaceae. It grows in the mountains of Latin America from Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic south as far as Tierra del Fuego, as well as a number of islands in the antarctic and subantarctic oceans (Tristan da Cunha, Gough Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Falkland Islands, Juan Fernández Islands, Marion Island, Prince Edward Islands, Iles Crozet, Iles Kerguelen).
A number of natural products have been isolated from this plant, including magellanine, magellaninone, panticuline, acetyldihydrolycopodine, acetylfawcettiine, clavolonine (8b-hydroxylycopodine), deacetylfawcettiine, fawcettiine, lycopodine, lycodine, alpha-obscurine (2,3-dihydro-b-obscurine), and beta-obscurine. Some of the molecules within this class are known inhibitors of Acetylcholinesterase (AChE).