Selaginella helvetica

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Familia: Selaginellaceae
Genus: Selaginella
Species: Selaginella helvetica

Name[edit]

Selaginella helvetica (L.) Spring, Flora 21: 149. 1838.

Synonyms[edit]

Basionym
- Lycopodium helveticum L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1104. 1753.
  - Protologue occurrence: “In Alpibus Helvetiae”.
  - Lectotype (designated by Troìa & Greuter 2015: 698): “Florentiae, et in Taurero Rastadiensi”, Herb. Burser XX: 46 (UPS).
Homotypic
- Lycopodioides helveticum (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 824. 1891.
- Diplostachyum helveticum (L.) P.Beauv., Prodr. Aethéogam. 107, 110. 1805.
- Bernhardia helvetica (L.) Gray, Nat. Arr. 2: 23. 1821.
- Heterophyllium helveticum (L.) Hieron. in Börner, Volksflora 285, fig. 249. 1912.
- Stachygynandrum helveticum (L.) P.Beauv. ex J.St.-Hil., Expos. Fam. Nat. 1: 39. 1805.
Heterotypic
- Selaginella hengduanshanicola W.M.Chu, Fl. Yunnan. 20: 719. 2006.
- Selaginella laxistrobila K.H.Shing, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 31(6): 569. 1993.
- Lycopodioides jiulongensis H.S.Kung, Li Bing Zhang & X.S.Guo, Acta Bot. Yunnan. 17(4): 420 (PDF). 1995.
  - Type: Sichuan: Jiulong, alt. 2900–3100 m, L. B. Zhang et X. S. Guo 2537, 4. XI. 1991 (CDBI).
- Selaginella mariesii Baker, J. Bot. 21: 44, no. 10. 1883.
  - Lycopodioides mariesii (Baker) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1–2: 826. 1891.
- Lycopodium radicans Schrank, Baier. Fl. 2: 493. 1789.
  - Protologue occurrence: [Bavaria] “An den Baumwurzeln allenthalben; bey den Eißkellern vor der Stadt um München”.
  - Type: presumably in M.
  - Other original element: Dillenius, Hist. Musc. 1742, 118 pl. 64 [“65”, Figure 2A]].
  - Diplostachyum radicans (Schrank) P.Beauv., Prodr. Aethéogam. 107. 1805, nom. altern.
  - Lepidotis radicans (Schrank) P.Beauv., Prodr. Aethéogam. 109, 110. 1805, nom. altern.
- Selaginella tibetica Ching & S.K.Wu, Fl. Xizangica 1: 25. 1983.
- Selaginella helvetica f. heliophila Dalla Torre, Beitr. Fl. Tirol Vorarlberg, 10-11 (PDF; 6 MB). 1927 (1928-29).
- Selaginella helvetica f. umbrosa Dalla Torre, Beitr. Fl. Tirol Vorarlberg, 10-11. 1927 (1928-29).
- Selaginella helvetica var. vera Sandford, Man. Exot. Ferns & Selag., 261. 1882.

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria (Austria (country), Liechtenstein), Belgium (Belgium (country, extinct)), Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic, Slovakia), Germany, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - France
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy (country), Romania, Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia)
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Ukraine (country)
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - (C. Siberia)
- Regional: Russian Far East
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Adzhariya, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gruziya)
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Turkey, Iran (?)
- Regional: China
  - China: China South-Central (Sichuan, Yunnan), Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol), Manchuria (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning), China North-Central (Gansu, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shandong), Qinghai, Tibet
- Regional: Mongolia
  - Mongolia
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea (North Korea, South Korea)
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - India (Uttar Pradesh), Nepal, West Himalaya (Himachal Pradesh).

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

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Spring, A.F. 1838. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Lycopodien. Flora 21(1): 144–158 BHL. Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1104. Reference page.
Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page.

Additional references[edit]

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.

Links[edit]

Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Selaginella helvetica in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2016 1 2.
Hassler, M. & Schmidt, B. 2015. World Ferns. Checklist of the Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 5.61 - December 2015. Accessed 2 Jan 2016.

Vernacular names[edit]

čeština: Vraneček švýcarský
Deutsch: Schweizer Moosfarn
français: Sélaginelle de Suisse
magyar: Hegyi csipkeharaszt

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