1818 A. Eaton (ed. 2) ii. 310 Lycopodium..lucidulum..moon-fruit pine... Fruit lunulate.
1876 C. E. Hobbs 188 Lycopodium lucidulum, Moon fruit pine.
1938 J. K. Small 405 Besides the common name trailing-evergreen, the plant [sc. Lycopodium lucidulum] is also known as Shining clubmoss and Moonfruit-pine.