Selaginella tenella

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Selaginellales 

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

Familia: Selaginellaceae
Genus: Selaginella
Species: Selaginella tenella

Name

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Selaginella tenella (P.Beauv.) Spring, Bull. Acad. Roy. Soc. Bruxelles 10(1): 234. 1843.

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
    • Diplostachyum tenellum P.Beauv., Mag. Encycl. 9(5): 481. 1804.
  • Homotypic
    • Lycopodium tenellum (P.Beauv.) Desv. in Lamarck et al., Encycl. Suppl. 3(2): 553. 1814 [3 Sep 1814]
  • Heterotypic
    • Selaginella albonitens Spring, Bull. Acad. Roy. Soc. Bruxelles 10(1): 139. 1843.
      • Lycopodioides albonitens (Spring) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 825. 1891.
    • Selaginella ambigua var. minor Hieron., Hedwigia 58: 316. 1916 publ. 1917.
      • Typus: “Hab. in Trinidad locis non indicatis (ex reliquiis Cruegerianis, Purdieanis ect. n. 186, 187, 189, 192, 193, specimina anno 1888 a cl. Hart distributa)”.
    • Selaginella humilis Jenman, Gard. Chr. ser. 3, 22: 210. 1897. (as “humile”)
    • Selaginella mollis Fée, Mém. Foug., 11. Hist. Foug. Antil. 133. 1866, nom. illeg. non Selaginella mollis A.Braun 1865.
    • Selaginella sintenisii Hieron., Hedwigia 58: 299. 1916 publ. 1917.
      • Selaginella albonitens var. major Hieron., Hedwigia 58: 299. 1916 publ. 1917, pro syn.
    • Selaginella subcaulescens Baker, J. Bot. 22: 277. 1884.
      • Lycopodioides subcaulescens (Baker) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 827. 1891.

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Central (México State), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northeast (Durango, Hidalgo), Mexico Northwest (Sinaloa), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas ), Mexico Southwest (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca).
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Central America
      • Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama.
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands (Guadeloupe, Montserrat, St. Kitts-Nevis), Netherlands Antilles (Saba), Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands (Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent).
    • Regional: Northern South America
      • Venezuela (Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Lara, Miranda, Portuguesa, Sucre, Yaracuy, Zulia).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names

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English: Delicate Spikemoss