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Selaginella goudotiana (Spring) Bizzarri var. abyssinica [family SELAGINELLACEAE]

Date Updated: 19 August 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2005) Author: B. Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Names
Selaginella goudotiana (Spring) Bizzarri var. abyssinica [family SELAGINELLACEAE], in Webbia 29: 585, fig. 9/a–b (1975); Benl in Acta Bot. Barcin. 31: 16 (1978); Bizzarri, F.A.C., Selaginellaceae: 34, t. 6 (1985); J.E. Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns: 29, t. 316, fig 6/22, 22a (1990); Schippers in Fern Gaz. 14: 176 (1993). Type: Ethiopia, Sholoda, Quartin-Dillon 9 (P, lecto., ?LG†, holo. (photo at BR & BM), P, isolecto.) Selaginella abyssinica Spring [family SELAGINELLACEAE], in Mém. Acad. Belg. 24: 99 (1850); Hieron. in E. & P., Pf. 1 (4): 686 (1901); F.D.-O.A. 1: 94, 96 (1929); Alston in J.B. 77: 223 (1939); Demaret in Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belg., Explor. Hydrobiol. Lac Tanganyika 4 (2): 48 (1955); Alston in Mém. I.F.A.N. 50: 37 (1957) & Ferns W. Trop. Afr.: 16 (1959); Tardieu, Fl. Cameroun 3: 31 (1964); Jermy in F.Z. Pterid.: 27, t. 5 (1970); Schelpe, Expl. Hydriobiol. Bassin L. Bangweolo & Luapula 8 (3) Ptérid.: 15, fig. 3 (1973); Schelpe & Jermy, C.F.A. Pterid.: 29 (1977); Jermy & Diniz, F.Z. Moçamb., Pterid.: 24 (1979); Faden in U.K.W.F., ed. 2: 39 (1994) Selaginella kirkii Bak. [family SELAGINELLACEAE], in J.B. 23: 176 (1885) & Fern Allies: 107 (1887). Type: Tanganyika, Mpwapwa District: Usagara Mts, Kirk s.n. pro parte (K!, lecto.) (see p. 18, Note) Selaginella molliceps [family SELAGINELLACEAE], sensu Bak. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. 2, 2: 355 (1886); Peter, F.D.-O.A. 1: (1929), non Spring Selaginella goetzei Hieron. [family SELAGINELLACEAE], in E.J. 30: 265 (1901) & in E. & P., Pf. 1 (4): 686 (1901); F.D.-O.A. 1: 94, 96 (1929). Type: Tanzania, Njombe District: Kinjika Diude Mt [Kingika], Goetze 941 (B, holo., K!, iso.) Selaginella preussii Hieron. [family SELAGINELLACEAE], in E. & P., Pf. 1 (4): 686 (1901) & in Hedwigia 41: 197 (1902). Type: Cameroon, Buea, Preuss 978 (B, lecto., P, isolecto) Selaginella whytei Hieron. [family SELAGINELLACEAE], in E. & P., Pf. 1 (4): 697 (1901) & in Hedwigia 43: 18 (1904). Type: N Malawi, Whyte s.n. (B, holo., K!, iso.) Selaginella bueensis Hieron. [family SELAGINELLACEAE], in Hedwigia 43: 20 (1904). Type: Cameroon, Buea, Preuss 1079 (B, holo., K!, P, iso.)
Information
Path of main stem mostly not clear through to apex. Leaves thinner in texture, less scarious at margins and only slightly ciliate, the lateral ones ovate-lanceolate, the median ones ovate-elliptic with long slightly keeled seta; ratio of the length of lateral leaves to that of median leaves 4:5.
Range
DISTR. U 3; K 2–5, ?6, 7; T 2–8
Altitude range
750–2450 m (a specimen from Rabai Hills, W.E. Taylor s.n. (BM) must be from about 200 m or less)
Distribution
KENYA Trans-Nzoia District Mt Elgon, Suam R., Sept. 1961, E.J. Brown in E.A. 12492!KENYA Fort Hall District Kimakia R., near Gatakini village, 14 Dec. 1959, Greenway 9554!;KENYA Teita District S side of Mt Kasigau, above Bungule, 31 Dec. 1970, Faden et al. 70/1985!TANZANIA Arusha District Mt Meru, upper reaches of the Mtemi R., 1 Nov. 1959, Greenway 9601!;TANZANIA Lushoto District W Usambaras, Kwashemi–Sakare road, 4 July 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 3172!;TANZANIA Morogoro District Ngata R., above Huala Falls, 24 Aug. 1951, Greenway & Eggeling 8663!UGANDA Bugisu District Buluganya, 27 Aug. 1932, A.S. Thomas 285! & 1–2 km E of Busano, 1 June 1969, Lye 3191! & Bulago, 9 Dec. 1938, A.S. Thomas 2579!
Distribution (external)
Ghana Nigeria Bioko Cameroon Equatorial Guinea Congo (Brazzaville) Congo (Kinshasa) Rwanda Burundi Sudan Ethiopia Angola Zambia Malawi Mozambique Zimbabwe
Notes
If stolons are missing, which they are in some herbarium specimens, it is easy to confuse with S. molliceps (see on p. 22); careful comparisons of descriptions in the literature reveals few differences but none of the experts on the genus mention any relationship.
Selaginella goudotiana (Spring) Bizzarri var. abyssinica [family SELAGINELLACEAE]
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