Selaginella apoda

Taxonavigation

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

Selaginella apoda (L.) C.Morren, Belgique Hort. 4: 70 (1854). (see Reveal & Gandhi 2012)

Basionym
- Lycopodium apodum L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1105 (1753).
  - Lectotype: (designated by Fraile in Davidse & al., Fl. Mesoamericana I: 29. 1995): Kalm, Herb. Linn. No. 1257.27 (LINN).
Homotypic
- Selaginella apus Spring in Martius, Fl. Bras. 1(2): 119 (1840). nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
- Diplostachyum apodum (L.) P.Beauv., Prodr. aethéogam. 107 (1805).
- Lycopodioides apoda (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 824 (1891).
- Lycopodium apodon Steud., Nomencl. Bot. Crypt. 280 (1824).
- Selaginella apoda (L.) Fernald, Rhodora 17(195): 68 (1915). nom. illeg.
Heterotypic
- Lycopodium albidulum Sw., Syn. Fil. 183, 409, no. 55 (1806).
  - Selaginella albidula (Sw.) Spring, Flora 21: 214, no. 24 (1838).
- Lycopodium apodum var. pilifera Aberle, Gefässpl. bot. Gart. Salzburg, 11 (1877).
- Selaginella apoda var. denticulata Spring, Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belg. 24: 77 (1850).
- Selaginella apoda (var.) minor Hort. ex Lauche, Verz. Hort. Augustin. 8 (1856). (nomen)
- Selaginella apus (var.) minor Hort. ex A.Braun, App. Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 22 (1857).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Germany (introduced)
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - Texas.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central (Puebla), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northeast (Hidalgo), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas), Mexico Southwest (Michoacán).
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Guatemala.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Cuba.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Chile South Central (introduced).

Jarvis, C.E. 2007. Order out of Chaos: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types. London: Linnean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, ISBN 978-0-9506207-7-0, 1016 pp. Reference page.
Reveal, J.L. & Gandhi, K.N. 2012. (2045) Proposal to conserve the name Selaginella densa Rydb. against S. densa R. Sim (Selaginellaceae) with a note on S. apoda. Taxon 61(1): 253–254. DOI: 10.1002/tax.611022 Reference page.

Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Selaginella apoda in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2016 1 5.
Hassler, M. 2016. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. (Version 5.61 - December 2015). Selaginella apoda Accessed: 5 Jan 2016.
USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile

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