Selaginella
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Selaginella

flower of stone
northern selaginella
spikemoss

Hierarchical position of the Genus Selaginella

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Lycopodiophyta D.H. Scott
pub. Stud. Foss. Pl., ed. 2: 616, 617. 1909.
common name: clubmosses, quillworts
  
   Subdivisio  Lycopodiophytina Tippo ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: clubmosses
  
   Classis  Lycopodiopsida Bartl.
pub. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 14, 19. Sep 1830.
common name: clubmosses
  
   Subclassis  Selaginellidae Knobl. in Warm.
pub. Handb. Syst. Bot. (ed. Knoblauch): 157. Apr 1890.
  
   Ordo  Selaginellales Prantl
pub. Lehrb. Bot.: 116, 124. 1874.
  
   Subordo  Selaginellineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 64. Mai 1898.
  
   Familia  Selaginellaceae Willk.
pub. Anleit. Stud. Bot. 2: 163. Feb 1854.
common name: small clubmosses
  
   Subfamilia  Selaginelloideae Milde
pub. Fl. Eur.: 000. 1 Oct-5 Nov 1867.
  
   Tribus  Selaginelleae Willk.
pub. Anleit. Stud. Bot. 2: 163. Feb 1854.
  
   Genus  Selaginella P. Beauv.
pub. (1805)
common name: spikemoss
  

Named members of the Genus Selaginella

1
   Species  acanthonota Underwood
common name: spiny spikemoss
2
   Species  albonitens Spring
syn. Selaginella tenella
3
   Species  apoda (L.) Spring
common name: meadow spikemoss
4
   Species  apus Spring
syn. Selaginella apoda
5
   Species  arbuscula (Kaulfuss) Spring
common name: dwarf spikemoss
6
   Species  arenicola Underwood
 
7
   Subspecies  acanthonota (Underwood) R. Tryon
syn. Selaginella acanthonota
8
   Subspecies  arenicola
common name: sand spikemoss
9
   Subspecies  riddellii (Van Eselt.) R. Tryon
common name: Riddell's spikemoss
10
   Varietas  riddellii (Van Eselt.) Waterfall
syn. Selaginella arenicola ssp. riddellii
11
   Species  arizonica Maxon
common name: Arizona spikemoss
12
   Species  armata Baker
common name: armored spikemoss
13
   Species  asprella Maxon
common name: bluish spikemoss
14
   Species  bigelovii Underwood
common name: bushy spikemoss
15
   Species  braunii Baker
common name: Braun's spikemoss
16
   Species  cinerascens A.A. Eat.
common name: mesa spikemoss
17
   Species  cordifolia (Desv. ex Poir.) Spring
common name: heartleaf spikemoss
18
   Species  deflexa Brack.
common name: deflexed spikemoss
19
   Species  densa Rydb.
 
20
   Varietas  densa
common name: lesser spikemoss
21
   Varietas  scopulorum (Maxon) R. Tryon
common name: Rocky Mountain spikemoss
22
   Varietas  standleyi (Maxon) R. Tryon
common name: Standley's spikemoss
23
   Species  douglasii (Hook. & Grev.) Spring
common name: Douglas' spikemoss
24
   Species  eatonii Hieron. ex Small
common name: Eaton's spikemoss
25
   Species  eclipes Buck
common name: hidden spikemoss
26
   Species  engelmannii Hieron.
 
27
   Varietas  scopulorum (Maxon) C.F. Reed
syn. Selaginella densa var. scopulorum
28
   Varietas  standleyi (Maxon) C.F. Reed
syn. Selaginella densa var. standleyi
29
   Species  eremophila Maxon
common name: desert spikemoss
30
   Species  flabellata (L.) Spring
common name: fan spikemoss
31
   Species  hansenii Hieron.
common name: Hansen's spikemoss
32
   Species  kraussiana (Kunze) A. Braun
common name: Krauss' spikemoss
  
33
   Species  krugii Hieron.
common name: Krug's spikemoss
34
   Species  laxifolia Baker
common name: limpleaf spikemoss
35
   Species  lepidophylla (Hook. & Grev.) Spring
common name: flower of stone
36
   Species  leucobryoides Maxon
common name: Mojave spikemoss
37
   Species  ludoviciana (A. Braun) A. Braun
common name: gulf spikemoss
38
   Species  menziesii (Hook. & Grev.) Spring
common name: Menzies' spikemoss
39
   Species  mutica D.C. Eat. ex Underwood
 
40
   Varietas  limitanea Weatherby
common name: bluntleaf spikemoss
41
   Varietas  mutica
common name: bluntleaf spikemoss
42
   Varietas  texana Weatherby
syn. Selaginella mutica var. limitanea
43
   Species  oregana D.C. Eat.
common name: Oregon spikemoss
44
   Species  ovifolia Baker
common name: oval-leaf spikemoss
45
   Species  parvula Hbd.
syn. Selaginella sandvicensis
46
   Species  peruviana (Milde) Hieron.
common name: Peruvian spikemoss
47
   Species  pilifera A. Braun
 
48
   Varietas  pringlei (Baker) Morton
syn. Selaginella pilifera
49
   Species  plagiochila sensu Krug & Urban, non Baker
syn. Selaginella armata
50
   Species  plana (Desv. ex Poir.) Hieron.
common name: Asian spikemoss
51
   Species  plumosa (L.) K. Presl
common name: plumed spikemoss
52
   Species  portoricensis A. Braun
syn. Selaginella substipitata
53
   Species  riddellii Van Eselt.
syn. Selaginella arenicola ssp. riddellii
54
   Species  rupestris (L.) Spring
common name: northern selaginella
55
   Species  rupincola Underwood
common name: rockloving spikemoss
56
   Species  sandvicensis Baker
common name: Hawai'i spikemoss
57
   Species  scopulorum Maxon
syn. Selaginella densa var. scopulorum
58
   Species  selaginoides (L.) Beauv. ex Mart. & Schrank
common name: club spikemoss
59
   Species  sheldonii Maxon
syn. Selaginella peruviana
60
   Species  sibirica (Milde) Hieron.
common name: Siberian spikemoss
61
   Species  sintenisii Hieron.
syn. Selaginella subcaulescens
62
   Species  standleyi Maxon
syn. Selaginella densa var. standleyi
63
   Species  stolonifera (Sw.) Spring
syn. Selaginella plumosa
64
   Species  subcaulescens Baker
common name: handsome spikemoss
65
   Species  substipitata Spring
common name: stalked spikemoss
66
   Species  tenella (Beauv.) Spring
common name: delicate spikemoss
67
   Species  tortipila A. Braun
common name: twistedhair spikemoss
68
   Species  uncinata (Desv. ex Poir.) Spring
common name: blue spikemoss
69
   Species  underwoodii Hieron.
 
70
   Varietas  dolichotricha Weatherby
syn. Selaginella underwoodii
71
   Species  utahensis Flowers
common name: Utah spikemoss
72
   Species  viridissima Weatherby
common name: green spikemoss
73
   Species  wallacei Hieron.
common name: Wallace's spikemoss
74
   Species  watsonii Underwood
common name: Watson's spikemoss
75
   Species  weatherbiana R. Tryon
common name: Weatherby's spikemoss
76
   Species  willdenowii (Desv. ex Poir.) Baker
common name: Willdenow's spikemoss
77
   Species  wrightii Hieron.
common name: Wright's spikemoss
78
   Species  x neomexicana Maxon (pro sp.)

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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