Selaginella helvetica

Selaginella helvetica

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Selaginellaceae
Genus: Selaginella
Species: Selaginella helvetica

Name

Selaginella helvetica (L.) Spring, Flora 21: 149 (1838).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Lycopodium helveticum L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1104 (1753).
    • Protologue occurrence: “In Alpibus Helvetiae”.
    • Lectotype (designated by Troìa & Greuter 2015: 698): “Florentiae, et in Taurero Rastadiensi”, Herb. Burser XX: 46 (UPS).
• Homotypic
  • Lycopodioides helveticum (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 824 (1891).
  • Diplostachyum helveticum (L.) P.Beauv., Prodr. Aethéogam. 107, 110 (1805).
  • Stachygynandrum helveticum (L.) P.Beauv. ex J.St.-Hil., Expos. Fam. Nat. 1: 39 (1805).
  • Bernhardia helvetica (L.) Gray, Nat. Arr. 2: 23 (1821).
  • Heterophyllium helveticum (L.) Hieron. in Börner, Volksflora 285, fig. 249 (1912).
• Heterotypic
  • Lycopodium radicans Schrank, Baier. Fl. 2: 493 (1789).
    • Protologue occurrence: [Bavaria] “An den Baumwurzeln allenthalben; bey den Eißkellern vor der Stadt um München”.
    • Type: presumably in M.
    • Other original element: Dillenius, Hist. Musc. 1742, 118 pl. 64 [“65”, Figure 2A]].
    • Diplostachyum radicans (Schrank) P.Beauv., Prodr. Aethéogam. 107 (1805), nom. altern.
    • Lepidotis radicans (Schrank) P.Beauv., Prodr. Aethéogam. 109, 110 (1805), nom. altern.
  • Selaginella helvetica var. vera Sandford, Man. Exot. Ferns & Selag., 261 (1882).
  • Selaginella mariesii Baker, J. Bot. 21: 44, no. 10 (1883).
    • Lycopodioides mariesii (Baker) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1–2: 826 (1891).
  • Selaginella helvetica subsp. banatica Gand., Fl. Eur. 27: 216 (1891), opus utiq. oppr.
  • Selaginella helvetica subsp. caucasica Gand., Fl. Eur. 27: 216 (1891), opus utiq. oppr.
  • Selaginella helvetica subsp. curvula Gand., Fl. Eur. 27: 216 (1891), opus utiq. oppr.
  • Selaginella helvetica subsp. dacica Gand., Fl. Eur. 27: 216 (1891), opus utiq. oppr.
  • Selaginella helvetica subsp. demota Gand., Fl. Eur. 27: 216 (1891), opus utiq. oppr.
  • Selaginella helvetica subsp. hackelii Gand., Fl. Eur. 27: 216 (1891), opus utiq. oppr.
  • Selaginella helvetica subsp. insubrica Gand., Fl. Eur. 27: 216 (1891), opus utiq. oppr.
  • Selaginella helvetica subsp. istriaca Gand., Fl. Eur. 27: 216 (1891), opus utiq. oppr.
  • Selaginella helvetica subsp. jucunda Gand., Fl. Eur. 27: 216 (1891), opus utiq. oppr.
  • Selaginella helvetica subsp. laeta Gand., Fl. Eur. 27: 216 (1891), opus utiq. oppr.
  • Selaginella helvetica subsp. legitima Gand., Fl. Eur. 27: 216 (1891), opus utiq. oppr.
  • Selaginella helvetica subsp. similis Gand., Fl. Eur. 27: 216 (1891), opus utiq. oppr.
  • Selaginella helvetica f. heliophila Dalla Torre, Beitr. Fl. Tirol Vorarlberg, 10-11 (PDF; 6 MB) (1927) (1928-29).
  • Selaginella helvetica f. umbrosa Dalla Torre, Beitr. Fl. Tirol Vorarlberg: 10-11 (1927) (1928-29).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Middle Europe Austria (Austria (country), Liechtenstein), Belgium (Belgium (country, extinct)), Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic, Slovakia), Germany, Hungary, Poland (extinct), Switzerland Regional: Southwestern Europe France Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy (country), Romania, Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia) Regional: Eastern Europe Ukraine (country) Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia Buryatiya, Chita, Krasnoyarsk. Regional: Russian Far East Amur, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Primorye. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Adzhariya, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gruziya) Regional: Western Asia Turkey, Iran Regional: China China: China South-Central (Sichuan, Yunnan), Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol), Manchuria (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning), China North-Central (Gansu, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shandong), Qinghai, Tibet Regional: Mongolia Mongolia Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea (North Korea, South Korea), Taiwan. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Spring, A.F. 1838. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Lycopodien. Flora 21(1): 144–158 BHL. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1104. Reference page. 
• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Selaginella helvetica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Selaginella helvetica. Published online. Accessed: 31 Mar 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Selaginella helvetica Accessed: 31 Mar 2024.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Selaginella helvetica in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar 31.

Vernacular names

čeština: Vraneček švýcarský
Deutsch: Schweizer Moosfarn
français: Sélaginelle de Suisse
magyar: Hegyi csipkeharaszt

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