Selaginella eurynota A.Braun

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Selaginella eurynota A.Braun

Descripción

Stems suberect, greenish to stramineous, 20–35 cm long, ca. 1 mm diam., articulate, not flagelliform, not stoloniferous, 2–3 times branched; rhizophores in proximal 1⁄4 of stems, stout, straight, 0.4–0.5 mm diam.; leaves of two kinds (anisophyllous) throughout stem length; lateral leaves obliquely oblong, slightly to highly curled, 4–4.5 mm long near stem tips, 1–1.5 mm long near base of plants, bases truncate to subcordate, centrally attached, margins short-ciliate at bases, denticulate distally, apices acute; median leaves obliquely ovate-lanceolate, bases with a single peltate auricle, margins ciliate, apices long-acuminate; axillary leaves linear-oblong, auriculate with incurved auricles, ciliate in lower 1⁄2, denticulate distally; strobili quadrangular, 3–6 mm long; sporophylls monomorphic; megasporangia single at base of strobili; microsporangia occupying most of strobili; megaspores beige, reticulate with white, high ridges, 450–540 µm diam.; microspores beige.A

Forma de crecimiento

Hierba

Forma de vida

TerrestreA

Nutrición

Autotrófica

Ejemplar revisado

Chis (Breedlove 28620, NY; Matuda 18036, US).A

Distribución

Centroamérica: Costa Rica PresenteA; Guatemala PresenteA; Nicaragua PresenteA; Panamá PresenteA, México (país) Nativo y no endémicoA

Elevación

50 – 900 mA

Ecología y Hábitat

On shaded roadsides and streambanks in wet tropical forests on Pacific slope.A

Tipo de vegetación

No especificado

Categoría IUCN

No incluidaB

Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010

No incluidaC

Estatus del taxón

(A) Como definida actualmente, probablemente una entidad natural (monofilética)

Discusión taxonómica

Selaginella eurynota is part of an incompletely resolved complex that includes S. schizobasis and S. sertata. Selaginella eurynota is characterized by having axillary leaves on the main stems with two incurved, ciliate auricles (vs. auricles divergent in S. schizobasis and absent on mature, non-stoloniferous stems of S. sertata) and lateral leaves with an acroscopic auricle clasping and directed downward along the stem (vs. only clasping, but not downward-directed in S. schizobasis and absent on mature, nonstoloniferous stems in S. sertata).
Specimens cited by Mickel and Beitel (1988) from Oaxaca as S. eurynota have been assigned to S. sertata (which see for discussion), as have some collections from Guerrero and Jalisco. These specimens all show their main stems to have arisen from flagelliform branches, as is characteristic of S. sertata.
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Bibliografía

A. Mickel, J. T. & Smith, A. R. 2004: The Pteridophytes of Mexico Vol. 88
B. IUCN 2022: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Versión 2022-2
C. SEMARNAT 2019: MODIFICACIÓN del Anexo Normativo III, Lista de especies en riesgo de la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010: 101 pp. – https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5578808&fecha=14/11/2019#gsc.tab=0 [accessed 2023-05-04 06:16]