Selaginella kraussiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Selaginellales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Lycopodiophyta Classis: Lycopodiopsida Subclassis: Isoetidae Ordo: Selaginellales

Familia: Selaginellaceae
Genus: Selaginella
Species: Selaginella kraussiana

Name

Selaginella kraussiana (Kunze) A.Braun, Index sem. Hort. Bot. Berol. 1859: 22 (1860).

Protologue specimens (syntypes): South Africa, “In sylvis Zitzikamma districtus Uitenhage in terra detexit Kraus Martio 1839 — Ad portum Natalensem inter Omfondi et Tagela in sylvis umbrosis humidis, et in coronis rupium saxis adpressum, nec non in faucibus umbrosis sylvarum prope rivulum haud procul a Chakas-Kraal legit Gueinzius”.
Lectotype (designated by Bizzarri 1975: 577): “Port. Natal.”, Guenzius (K 000351292; isolectotype: P 00065023); paralectotypes in FI and W.

Synonyms

Basionym
- Lycopodium kraussianum Kunze, Linnaea 18: 114 (1844).
Homotypic
- Lycopodioides kraussiana (Kunze) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1–2: 826 (1891).
- Didiclis kraussiana (Kunze) Rothm., Feddes Repert. 54: 71 (1944).
Heterotypic
- Selaginella albarracinensis Pau, des. inval.
- Selaginella azorica Baker, J. Bot. 21: 210 (1883).
  - Lycopodioides azorica (Baker) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 825 (1891).
- Selaginella brownii Bull. ex Stansf., The Garden 13: 415 (1878).
- Selaginella canescens Fée, Cr. vasc. Br. 2: 99, no. 11, t. 108 (1872–1873).
- Selaginella hortensis Mett., Fil. Hort. Bot. Lips. 125 (descr.), 128 (1856)
  - Protologue occurrence: Cultivated in the Botanical Garden of Leipzig.
  - Lectotype (designated by Bizzarri 1975: 577): “H. Lips.”, Mettenius (K).
- Selaginella kraussiana var. aurea W.Bull., Cat. n. 164: 7 (1880).
- Selaginella kraussiana var. brownii Hort. ex G.Nicholson, Dict. Gard. 3: 409, 411 (1887).
- Selaginella kraussiana var. variegata hort.
- Selaginella poulteri Veitch, Cat. 17, f. 7 (1868).
  - Didiclis poulteri (Veitch) Rothm., Feddes Repert. 54: 71 (1944).
  - Lycopodioides poulteri (Veitch) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1–2: 827 (1891).
  - Selaginella kraussiana var. poulteri (Veitch) A.Braun, App. Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 8 (1871).
Misapplied names
- Selaginella denticulata auct. hort. non Selaginella denticulata (L.) Spring

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe (introduced)
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Great Britain, Ireland (Ireland (country), Northern Ireland)
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Belgium
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France (mainland France, Channel islands), Portugal, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Italy, Sicilia (Sicily (island)).
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Azores (Corvo, Faial, Flores, Graciosa, Pico, Santa Maria, São Miguel, São Jorge, Terceira), Canary Islands (Gran Canaria, Hierro, Tenerife), Madeira (Madeira isl).
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Sierra Leone
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is. (Bioko), Rwanda, Zaïre
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia, Sudan
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces (Eastern Cape, Western Cape), KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces (Mpumalanga, North-West Province)
Continental: Asia-Temperate (introduced)
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central (Guizhou), China Southeast (Guangdong).
Continental: Australasia (introduced)
- Regional: Australia
  - Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria.
- Regional: New Zealand
  - New Zealand North, New Zealand South.
Continental: Pacific (introduced)
- Regional: North-Central Pacific
  - Hawaii (Hawaiian Islands: Oahu, Maui, Hawaii Isl.).
Continental: Northern America (introduced)
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia.
Continental: Southern America (introduced)
- Regional: Central America
  - Panama.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Jamaica.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Venezuela.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil South.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Additional references

Bizzarri, M.P. 1975. Adumbratio florae aethiopicae. 27. Selaginellaceae. Webbia 29(2): 545–593. DOI: 10.1080/00837792.1975.10670031. Reference page.
Troìa, A. & Greuter, W. 2015. Conspectus of Italian Selaginella (Selaginellaceae), with some typifications. Plant Biosystems 149(4): 695–702, DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2015.1057265. Reference page.
van Leeuwen, J. F. N., et al. 2005. Native or introduced? Fossil pollen and spores may say. An example from the Azores Islands. Neobiota 6: 27-34.

Links

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Selaginella kraussiana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Selaginella kraussiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jul 14. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Selaginella kraussiana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Jul 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Selaginella kraussiana. Published online. Accessed: 14 Jul 2022.
Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Selaginella kraussiana Accessed: 14 Jul 2022.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Selaginella kraussiana in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jul 14.
Selaginella kraussiana in Açores Flora

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Woudaarmos
Cymraeg: Cnwp-fwsogl Krauss
English: Krauss's Clubmoss
français: Sélaginelle de Krauss
polski: Widliczka Kraussa
中文: 小翠云