
Spikemosses
Selaginella
Selaginella is the sole genus of primitive vascular plants in the family Selaginellaceae, the spikemosses or lesser clubmosses.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Selaginella subg. Gymnogynum
subgenusGymnogynum

Selaginella subg. Heterostachys
subgenusHeterostachys

Selaginella subg. Stachygynandrum
subgenusStachygynandrum

Selaginella subg. Selaginella
subgenusSelaginella

Selaginella subg. Pulviniella
subgenusPulviniella

Selaginella subg. Boreoselaginella
subgenusBoreoselaginella

Sinoselaginella
complexSelaginella yemensis

Austroselaginella
complexSelaginella australiensis

Korallia
complexSelaginella concinna
Selaginella polymorpha
speciesSelaginella polymorpha

Selaginella schaffneri
speciesSelaginella schaffneri
Selaginella volkensii
speciesSelaginella volkensii

Selaginella antioquensis
speciesSelaginella antioquensis
Selaginella palauensis
speciesSelaginella palauensis

Selaginella ridleyi
speciesSelaginella ridleyi
Selaginella ascillifolia
speciesSelaginella ascillifolia
Selaginella birarensis
speciesSelaginella birarensis
Selaginella bifida
speciesSelaginella bifida
Selaginella boschai
speciesSelaginella boschai
Selaginella hallieri
speciesSelaginella hallieri
Selaginella integrifolia
speciesSelaginella integrifolia
Selaginella karimatae
speciesSelaginella karimatae
Selaginella latifolia
speciesSelaginella latifolia
Selaginella ledermannii
speciesSelaginella ledermannii
Selaginella lepida
speciesSelaginella lepida
Selaginella lineariformis
speciesSelaginella lineariformis
Selaginella longipes
speciesSelaginella longipes
Selaginella loriae
speciesSelaginella loriae
Selaginella macilenta
speciesSelaginella macilenta
Selaginella marosensis
speciesSelaginella marosensis
Selaginella calceolata
speciesSelaginella calceolata
Selaginella ganguliana
speciesSelaginella ganguliana
Selaginella dorsicola
speciesSelaginella dorsicola
Selaginella dosedlae
speciesSelaginella dosedlae
Selaginella ecuadoriana
speciesSelaginella ecuadoriana
Selaginella estrellensis
speciesSelaginella estrellensis
Selaginella exilis
speciesSelaginella exilis
Selaginella dahlii
speciesSelaginella dahlii
Selaginella oviformis
speciesSelaginella oviformis
Selaginella palu-palu
speciesSelaginella palu-palu
Selaginella perottetii
speciesSelaginella perottetii
Selaginella phanotricha
speciesSelaginella phanotricha
Selaginella pilosula
speciesSelaginella pilosula
Selaginella polita
speciesSelaginella polita
Selaginella sonneratii
speciesSelaginella sonneratii
Selaginella subsplendens
speciesSelaginella subsplendens
Selaginella neei
speciesSelaginella neei
Selaginella negrosensis
speciesSelaginella negrosensis
Selaginella novae-guineae
speciesSelaginella novae-guineae
Selaginella schiedeana
speciesSelaginella schiedeana
Selaginella schumannii
speciesSelaginella schumannii
Selaginella serratosquarrosa
speciesSelaginella serratosquarrosa
Selaginella simpokakensis
speciesSelaginella simpokakensis
Selaginella presliana
speciesSelaginella presliana
Selaginella propinqua
speciesSelaginella propinqua
Selaginella sandvicensis
speciesSelaginella sandvicensis
Selaginella subtrisulcata
speciesSelaginella subtrisulcata
Selaginella sungemagneana
speciesSelaginella sungemagneana
Selaginella pseudovolkensii
speciesSelaginella pseudovolkensii
Selaginella christii
speciesSelaginella christii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Selaginella in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58771.


