Selaginella simplex Baker, J. Bot.

Smith, Alan R. & Kessler, Michael, 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. III. Selaginellaceae, Phytotaxa 344 (3), pp. 248-258 : 256

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.344.3.5

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13719694

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scientific name

Selaginella simplex Baker, J. Bot.
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Selaginella simplex Baker, J. Bot. View in CoL 23: 293. 1885.

Range: —Western Mexico; Costa Rica; northern Venezuela; Suriname, Trinidad; central Brazil to Bolivia (LP).

Ecology: — Rare and probably overlooked, known from one collection in Bolivia: Williams 2657 ( NY) ; terrestrial in semihumid to dry forests; 1800 m.

Notes: —Most similar to Selaginella minima , differing by the greenish leaf and sporophyll margins (vs. hyaline), by lacking stomata on the adaxial leaf surfaces (vs. stomata usually present), and by yellow megaspores (vs. whitish).

NY

William and Lynda Steere Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Lycopodiopsida

Order

Selaginellales

Family

Selaginellaceae

Genus

Selaginella

Loc

Selaginella simplex Baker, J. Bot.

Smith, Alan R. & Kessler, Michael 2018
2018
Loc

Selaginella simplex

Baker 1885: 293
1885
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