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Selaginella goudotiana
abyssinica
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Tingwa River, near Kopje Tops, Mavhuradonha Wilderness Area
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Ndundu lodge, Vumba
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Stream below Silvermist cottage, Troutback
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| Synonyms: |
Selaginella abyssinica Spring Selaginella bueensis Hieron. Selaginella goetzei Hieron. Selaginella kirkii Baker Selaginella whytei Hieron. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Plant slender, semi-prostrate with a more or less erect branch system, not rooting along the stem, sometimes stoloniferous from the stem base, mostly lanceolate in outline and arranged in one plane, repeatedly branched. Leaves dimorphous; median leaves up to 2 × 1 mm, adpressed, ovate to lanceolate in outline, with long tip half as long as the leaf, margins toothed; lateral leaves sessile, up to 3 × 2 mm, ovate in outline, assymmetrical, base oblique, apex rounded, margins toothed. Strobuli 5 × 2 mm, terminal on ultimate branches; sporophylls dimorphous: lateral sporophylls similar to lateral leaves but slightly larger, median sporophylls similar to median leaves but situated on the opposite side of the stem from the median leaves. |
| Notes: | Can be confused with S. kraussiana which is widely creeping and roots along the lenght of the stem. |
| Derivation of specific name: | goudotiana: the type specimen was collected by M. Goudot in Madagascar; abyssinica: the variety was first described from Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) |
| Habitat: | Terrestrial or lithophyte, seasonally moist areas in evergreen and deciduous forest, along stream and earth banks, on mossy boulders, light or deeply shaded. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1050 - 2150 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | A tropical African species |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,E |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 28 July 2012 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Page 29. (Includes a picture). Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 148 - 149. As Selaginella abyssinica Kornas, J. (1979). Distribution and ecology of the Pteridophytes in Zambia Polska Akademia Nauk Wydzial II Nauk Biologicznych Pages 30 - 31. As Selaginella abyssinica Mapaura, A & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 10. As Selaginella abyssinica Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 26. As Selaginella abyssinica Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 23. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta FZ Pages 27 - 28. As Selaginella abyssinica (Includes a picture). |
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