Selaginella apoda

Selaginella apoda

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Selaginellaceae
Genus: Selaginella
Species: Selaginella apoda

Name

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

Synonyms

• 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).

Distribution

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). 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: 1105. Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 

Links

• 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

Vernacular names

English: Meadow Spikemoss