113.200 Selaginella P. Beauv.

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Description of the genus

Description as for the family (only genus in the family)

Derivation of name: selaginella: a small Selago, Linné gave this name to an angiosperm genus with similarly whorled leaves

Worldwide: Worldwide distribution with about 700 species, most of them in the tropics.

Zimbabwe: 8 taxa.

Selaginella dregei

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
caffrorum (Milde) Hieron.SDescription
dregei (C. Presl) Hieron.N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
goudotiana Spring var. abyssinica (Spring) BizarriN,EDescription, Image
imbricata (Forssk.) Spring ex Decne.[LR-lc]N,W,EDescription, Image
kraussiana (Kunze) A. BraunEDescription, Image
mittenii BakerN,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
nivea Alston subsp. nivea SDescription
perpusilla Baker[VU]SDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Selaginella:

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Flora of Malawi: Selaginella
Flora of Mozambique: Selaginella
Flora of Rwanda: Selaginella
Flora of Zambia: Selaginella

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Selaginella
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iNaturalist: Selaginella
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Selaginella
JSTOR Plant Science: Selaginella
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Selaginella
Plants of the World Online: Selaginella
Tropicos: Selaginella
Wikipedia: Selaginella

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Selaginella.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=5, retrieved 2 December 2024

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