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Selaginella braunii

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Name

Identification
Selaginella braunii Baker [family SELAGINELLACEAE ] (stored under name); Selaginella pubescens A.Br. [family SELAGINACEAE ]
Related name
  • Selaginella pubescens
  • Selaginella braunii
Common name
  • Braun's spike-moss, Flora of North America Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for Selaginella braunii Baker [family SELAGINELLACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 2,
Names
Selaginella braunii Baker [family SELAGINELLACEAE], Gard. Chron., 1120. 1867
Treatment Author(s)
Iván A. Valdespino
Information
Plants terrestrial, tree-shaped. Stems erect, highly branched, branches 4-forked, flat, not articulate, hispid. Rhizophores not seen. Leaves rugose. Lateral leaves distant, green, ovate-oblong, 2--2.5 X 0.7--1 mm; base truncate, basiscopically forming very short wing; margins green to slightly transparent, usually revolute, crenate; apex obtuse to rounded. Median leaves lanceolate-oblong to asymmetric, 2--3 X 1 mm; base peltate, rounded; margins green to slightly transparent, usually revolute, crenate; apex long-acuminate. Strobili solitary, 2--8 mm; sporophylls monomorphic, cordate to deltate-ovate, base glabrous, margins green, slightly crenate, apex cuspidate to acuminate. 2 n = 20.
Altitude range
0--50 m
Distribution
native of China.USA Ala.USA Ga.USA La.USA N.C.
Discussion
Selaginella braunii is cultivated in greenhouses, nurseries, and gardens mainly in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. It is related to S . ostenfeldii Hieronymus of Thailand, Burma, and Indochina, and to S . mairei H. Leveillé, also from Burma and from Indochina.
Native/Introduced
introduced

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