113.200 Selaginella P. Beauv.

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Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970) Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca

Description of the genus

Description as for the family (only genus in the family)

Derivation of name: selaginella: a small Selago, Linné gave this name to an angiosperm genus with similarly whorled leaves

Worldwide: Worldwide distribution with about 700 species, most of them in the tropics.

Burundi: 8 taxa.

Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

Species		Content
buchholzii Hieron.		Description
caffrorum (Milde) Hieron.		Description
goudotiana Spring var. abyssinica (Spring) Bizarri		Description, Image
kraussiana (Kunze) A. Braun		Description, Image
lewalleana Bizarri		Description
mittenii Baker		Description, Image
soyauxii Hieron.		Description
tenerrima A. Braun ex Kuhn		Description

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