Selaginella selaginoides

Selaginella selaginoides, Glen Clova, Angus, Scotland

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Selaginellales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Lycopodiophyta Classis: Lycopodiopsida Subclassis: Isoetidae Ordo: Selaginellales

Familia: Selaginellaceae
Genus: Selaginella
Species: Selaginella selaginoides

Name

Selaginella selaginoides (L.) Mart. & Schrank, Hort. Reg. Monac.: 3 (1829).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Lycopodium selaginoides L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1101 (1753).
    • Protologue occurrence: “In Europae pascuis muscosis”.
    • Lectotype (designated by Jonsell & Jarvis 1994: 147): Herb. Linnaeus 1257.5, upper specimen (LINN).
• Homotypic
  • Lycopodioides selaginoides (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 824 (1891).
  • Selaginella spinosa P.Beauv., Prodr. Aethéogam.: 112 (1805), nom. illeg.
  • Bernhardia spinosa Gray, Nat. Arr. 2: 23 (1821), nom. illeg.
  • Selaginella spinulosa A.Braun in Döll, Rhein. Fl.: 38 (1843), nom. illeg.
  • Lycopodina spinulosa Bubani, Fl. Pyrenaea 4: 445 (1901), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Lycopodium ciliatum Lam., Fl. franc. 1: 32 (1778).
  • Selaginella ciliata Opiz, Böhm. phan. krypt. Gew. 114 (1823).
  • Selaginella spinosa monstr. furcata Luerss., Farnpfl. 869 (1889).
  • Selaginella spinosa var. minor Spring, Monogr. Lyc. 2: 59 (1850).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland (Eire, Northern Ireland), Norway, Sweden Regional: Middle Europe Austria (Austria, Liechtenstein), Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic, Slovakia), Germany, Poland, Switzerland Regional: Southwestern Europe France (mainland), Spain (Andorra, peninsular Spain) Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia) Regional: Eastern Europe Baltic States (Estonia), Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine) Continental: Africa Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands (Hierro, introduced) Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia Buryatiya, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya. Regional: Russian Far East Kamchatka, Kuril Islands. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Adzhariya, Gruziya). Regional: Eastern Asia Japan. Continental: Northern America Regional: Subarctic America Alaska, Greenland, Northwest Territories, Yukon. Regional: Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Regional: Eastern Canada New Brunswick, Newfoundland (Newfoundland (continental) St.-Pierre-et-Miquelon), Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Minnesota, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Maine, Michigan, New York Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Nevada. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1101. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Valdespino, I.A. 1993. Selaginella. Pp. 41 in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.), Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 2: Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford, XVI, 475 pp. ISBN 0-19-508242-7. efloras FNA Website Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page. 
• Jonsell, B.E. & Jarvis, C.E. 1994. Lectotypifications of Linnaean names for Flora Nordica Vol. 1 (Lycopodiaceae–Papaveraceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 14(2): 145–164. DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1994.tb00581.x. Reference page. 
• Kempf, E.K. 1970. Elektronenmikroskopie der Sporodermis von Megasporen der Gattung Selaginella (Pteridophyta). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 10(2): 99–116. DOI: 10.1016/0034-6667(70)90014-X, PDF Reference page. 
• Troìa, A. & Greuter, W. 2015. Conspectus of Italian Selaginella (Selaginellaceae), with some typifications. Plant Biosystems 149(4): 695–702, DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2015.1057265. Reference page. 

Links

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Selaginella selaginoides in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
• Hassler, M. 2016. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. (Version 5.61 - December 2015). Selaginella selaginoides Accessed: 03 Jan 2016.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Selaginella selaginoides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 4. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

català: Selaginel·la de muntanya
čeština: Vraneček brvitý
Cymraeg: Cnwp-fwsogl bach
dansk: Mosdværgulvefod
Deutsch: Dorniger Moosfarn
English: Lesser Clubmoss
eesti: Koldjas selaginell
فارسی: علف خوک شمالی
suomi: Mähkä
français: Sélaginelle spinuleuse
magyar: Prémes szelaginella
հայերեն: Սելագինելա սելագանման
íslenska: Mosajafni
lietuvių: Paprastoji selaginelė
norsk: Dvergjamne
polski: Widliczka Ostrozębna
svenska: Dvärglummer
українська: Нитинка терниста

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