Selaginellaceae
Selaginella auquieri Bizarri Selaginella balansae (A.Braun) Hieron Selaginella biformis Kuhn Selaginella blepharophylla Alston Selaginella buchholzii Hieron. Selaginella caffrorum (Milde) Hieron. var. caffrorum Selaginella caffrorum (Milde) Hieron. var. aethiopica Bizarri Selaginella cathedrifolia Spring Selaginella chevalieri Hieron. ex Bonap. Selaginella congoensis Alston Selaginella culverwellii N.R.Crouch Selaginella denticulata (L.) Spring Selaginella dregei (C. Presl) Hieron. Selaginella eublepharis A. Braun apud Hieron. Selaginella goudotiana Spring var. abyssinica (Spring) Bizarri Selaginella grallipes Alston Selaginella imbricata (Forssk.) Spring ex Decne. Selaginella involvens (Sw.) Spring Selaginella kalbreyeri Baker Selaginella kivuensis Bizarri Selaginella kraussiana (Kunze) A. Braun Selaginella leoneensis Hieron. Selaginella lewalleana Bizarri Selaginella mittenii Baker Selaginella molleri Hieron. Selaginella molliceps Spring Selaginella myosurus (Sw.) Alston Selaginella nivea Alston ssp. nivea Selaginella njam-njamensis Hieron. Selaginella nubigena J.P.Roux Selaginella pallescens (C.Presl.) Spring Selaginella perpusilla Baker Selaginella phillipsiana (Hieron.) Alston Selaginella plana (Poir.) Hieron. Selaginella protensa Alston Selaginella pygmaea (Kaulf.) Alston Selaginella raynaliana Tardieu Selaginella serrato-squarrosa Quansah Selaginella shabaensis Bizzari Selaginella soyauxii Hieron. Selaginella squarrosa Baker Selaginella subcordata A.Braun ex Kuhn Selaginella subisophylla Jermy Selaginella tenerrima A. Braun ex Kuhn Selaginella thomensis Alston Selaginella umbrosa Lem. ex Hieron. Selaginella vanderystii Bizzari Selaginella versicolor Spring Selaginella vogelii Spring Selaginella volubilis Alston Selaginella yemensis (Sw.) Spring ex Decne Selaginella zechii Hieron. Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011) Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide. Struik Nature.
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Selaginella P. Beauv.
Photo: MA. Hyde
Zimbabwe
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.
We have 52 taxa in the database for Selaginella.
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