Selaginella kraussiana

Selaginella kraussiana, Krantzkloof, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Selaginellaceae
Genus: Selaginella
Species: Selaginella kraussiana

Name

Selaginella kraussiana (Kunze) A.Braun, Index sem. Hort. Bot. Berol. 1859: 22 (1860).

• Protologue specimens (syntypes): South Africa, “In sylvis Zitzikamma districtus Uitenhage in terra detexit Kraus Martio 1839 — Ad portum Natalensem inter Omfondi et Tagela in sylvis umbrosis humidis, et in coronis rupium saxis adpressum, nec non in faucibus umbrosis sylvarum prope rivulum haud procul a Chakas-Kraal legit Gueinzius”.
• Lectotype (designated by Bizzarri 1975: 577): “Port. Natal.”, Guenzius (K 000351292; isolectotype: P 00065023); paralectotypes in FI and W.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Lycopodium kraussianum Kunze, Linnaea 18: 114 (1844).
• Homotypic
  • Lycopodioides kraussiana (Kunze) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1–2: 826 (1891).
  • Didiclis kraussiana (Kunze) Rothm., Feddes Repert. 54: 71 (1944).
• Heterotypic
  • Selaginella albarracinensis Pau, des. inval.
  • Selaginella azorica Baker, J. Bot. 21: 210 (1883).
    • Lycopodioides azorica (Baker) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 825 (1891).
  • Selaginella brownii Bull. ex Stansf., The Garden 13: 415 (1878).
  • Selaginella canescens Fée, Cr. vasc. Br. 2: 99, no. 11, t. 108 (1872–1873).
  • Selaginella hortensis Mett., Fil. Hort. Bot. Lips. 125 (descr.), 128 (1856)
    • Protologue occurrence: Cultivated in the Botanical Garden of Leipzig.
    • Lectotype (designated by Bizzarri 1975: 577): “H. Lips.”, Mettenius (K).
  • Selaginella kraussiana var. aurea W.Bull., Cat. n. 164: 7 (1880).
  • Selaginella kraussiana var. brownii Hort. ex G.Nicholson, Dict. Gard. 3: 409, 411 (1887).
  • Selaginella kraussiana var. variegata hort.
  • Selaginella poulteri Veitch, Cat. 17, f. 7 (1868).
    • Didiclis poulteri (Veitch) Rothm., Feddes Repert. 54: 71 (1944).
    • Lycopodioides poulteri (Veitch) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1–2: 827 (1891).
    • Selaginella kraussiana var. poulteri (Veitch) A.Braun, App. Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 8 (1871).
• Misapplied names
  • Selaginella denticulata auct. hort. non Selaginella denticulata (L.) Spring

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe (introduced) Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain, Ireland (Ireland (country), Northern Ireland) Regional: Middle Europe Belgium Regional: Southwestern Europe Corse, France (mainland France, Channel islands), Portugal, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Italy, Sicilia (Sicily (island)). Continental: Africa Regional: Macaronesia Azores (Corvo, Faial, Flores, Graciosa, Pico, Santa Maria, São Miguel, São Jorge, Terceira), Canary Islands (Gran Canaria, Hierro, Tenerife), Madeira (Madeira isl). Regional: West Tropical Africa Sierra Leone Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is. (Bioko), Rwanda, Zaïre Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Sudan Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces (Eastern Cape, Western Cape), KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces (Mpumalanga, North-West Province) Continental: Asia-Temperate (introduced) Regional: China China South-Central (Guizhou), China Southeast (Guangdong). Continental: Australasia (introduced) Regional: Australia Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria. Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North, New Zealand South. Continental: Pacific (introduced) Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii (Hawaiian Islands: Oahu, Maui, Hawaii Isl.). Continental: Northern America (introduced) Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia. Continental: Southern America (introduced) Regional: Central America Panama. Regional: Caribbean Jamaica. Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Brazil Brazil South. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Bizzarri, M.P. 1975. Adumbratio florae aethiopicae. 27. Selaginellaceae. Webbia 29(2): 545–593. DOI: 10.1080/00837792.1975.10670031. 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. 
• van Leeuwen, J. F. N., et al. 2005. Native or introduced? Fossil pollen and spores may say. An example from the Azores Islands. Neobiota 6: 27-34.

Links

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Selaginella kraussiana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Selaginella kraussiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jul 14. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Selaginella kraussiana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Jul 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Selaginella kraussiana. Published online. Accessed: 14 Jul 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Selaginella kraussiana Accessed: 14 Jul 2022.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Selaginella kraussiana in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jul 14.
• Selaginella kraussiana in Açores Flora

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Woudaarmos
Cymraeg: Cnwp-fwsogl Krauss
English: Krauss's Clubmoss
français: Sélaginelle de Krauss
polski: Widliczka Kraussa
中文: 小翠云

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