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Selaginella P.Beauv.

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Selaginella P.Beauv., Mag. Encycl. 9(5): 478 (1804)
Selaginella P.Beauv.
Christenhusz, M.J.M.; Zhang, X.-C.; Schneider, H. 2011: A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns. Phytotaxa 19: 7–54.
Names_Fungi record source Selaginella P. Beauv. 1804

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New Zealand
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P.Beauv.
P.Beauv.
Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J.1804:Suite de L’Aethéogamie, Sixième famille.Magazin encyclopédique, ou journal des sciences, des lettres et des arts9(5):472–483.
1804
478
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Selaginella P.Beauv.
genus
Selaginella
From the Latin diminutive (-ellus) of Selago, a name used by Pliny for some coniferous trees and taken up by Linnaeus for Lycopodium.

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Lycopodiopsida
Selaginellales
Selaginellaceae
Selaginella

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Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Selaginella P.Beauv.

Plants mat-forming, creeping, erect, or pendent-epiphytic. Stems slender. Lvs numerous, c. 0.5-10 mm long, 1-veined, either all similar and spirally arranged, or dimorphic and 4-ranked with lower patent and upper appressed, pointing forwards. Strobili terminal, usually quadrangular, occasionally cylindric. Megasporangia basal, > apical microsporangia. Spores trilete.

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Selaginella P.Beauv.
Selaginella P.Beauv.
Christenhusz, M.J.M.; Zhang, X.-C.; Schneider, H. (2011)
Selaginella P.Beauv.
Selaginellaceae Willk.
Selaginella P.Beauv.
Selaginella P.Beauv.
Kramer, K.U.; Green, P.S. (1990)
Selaginella P.Beauv.
Selaginellaceae Willk.
Selaginella P.Beauv.
Selaginella P.Beauv.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)
Stachygynandrum
Stachygynandrum
Christenhusz, M.J.M.; Zhang, X.-C.; Schneider, H. (2011)
Selaginella P.Beauv.
Selaginellaceae Willk.

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Etymology
From the Latin diminutive (-ellus) of Selago, a name used by Pliny for some coniferous trees and taken up by Linnaeus for Lycopodium.

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1 January 2000
18 June 2018
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