Selaginella sellowii Hieron.
Descripción
Stems prostrate, 0.5–0.6 mm diam., not articulate, not flagelliform, not stoloniferous, not much branched, not strongly dorsiventral, branches thin, sparse, 5–10 mm apart, ultimate branches short, 3–10 mm long; rhizophores borne throughout stem length; leaves of one kind (isophyllous) throughout stem length, blue- to gray-green, slightly spreading (the leaf bases and stems often visible), linear-lanceolate, margins ciliatedenticulate, apices aristate, aristae white, 0.5–0.8 mm long; strobili quadrangular, 2–3 mm long, obscure; sporophylls monomorphic; megasporangia at base of strobili; microsporangia distal to megasporangia; megaspores yellow to yellow-orange, low-reticulate; microspores orange.A
Forma de vida
Epipétrica, TerrestreA
Ejemplar revisado
Gto (Rzedowski 47120, NY p.p.). Méx (Abundiz-Bonilla 315, IZTA). Oax (Mickel 6654b, NY). Pue (Arsène 891, F, UC, US; Nicolas 10053, UC).
Unverified, Doubtful, or Mistaken Reports. DF (Rose & Painter 6835, US, cited by R. Tryon, 1955, but not verified). Ver (Liebmann 2062, US, cited by R. Tryon, 1955, but not verified).
A
Unverified, Doubtful, or Mistaken Reports. DF (Rose & Painter 6835, US, cited by R. Tryon, 1955, but not verified). Ver (Liebmann 2062, US, cited by R. Tryon, 1955, but not verified).
A
Elevación
1650 – 1700 mA
Ecología y Hábitat
In dry, scrubby arroyos.A
Tipo de vegetación
Matorral de otro tipoB
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaC
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaD
Discusión taxonómica
Selaginella sellowii is distinguished from and S. landii by its glabrous leaf bases and long white awns, and from S. sartorii by the less imbricate, non-ciliate leaves.A