Selaginella tenella

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Selaginellaceae
Genus: Selaginella
Species: Selaginella tenella

Name

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

Synonyms

• 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

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

References

• Hassler, M. & Schmidt, B. 2016. World Ferns. Checklist of the Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 6.14 - March 2016. Accessed 26 May 2016.
• USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Selaginella tenella in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Feb 12. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Delicate Spikemoss