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The genus Selaginella is in the family Selaginellaceae in the major group Pteridophytes (Ferns and fern allies).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Selaginella

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Selaginella acanthonota Underw.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella acanthostachys Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella acutifolia (Stolze) Valdespino	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella albidocincta Ching	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella albociliata P.S. Wang	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella albocincta Ching	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella albolineata A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella amblyphylla Alston	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella anaclasta Alston ex Crabbe & Jermy	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella anceps (C. Presl) C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella apiculata (Desv. ex Poir.) Hier. in Engler	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella apoda (L.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella applanata A. Braun	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella arenicola Underw.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella arizonica Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella arrecta A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella arroyoana M. Kessler & A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella arsenei Weath.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella arsiclada Valdespino	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella arthritica Alston	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella articulata (Kunze) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella articulate species	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella asperula Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella asplundii Alston ex Crabbe & Jermy	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella asprella Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella atroviridis Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella barnebyana Valdespino	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella basipilosa Valdespino	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella beitelii A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella biformis A. Braun ex Kuhn	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella bigelovii Underw.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella bisulcata Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella bodinieri Hieron. ex H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella bombycina Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella bomiensis Ching & S.K. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella boninensis Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella borealis (Kaulf.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella braunii Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella breedlovei Valdespino	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella brevifolia Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella breweriana A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella breynii Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella cabrerensis Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella calceolata Jermy & J.M. Rankin	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella calosticha Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella cardiophylla Valdespino	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella carinata R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella carnerosana T. Reeves	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella cathedrifolia Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella cavifolia A. Braun	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella chaetoloma Alston	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella chiapensis A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella chingii Alston	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella chionoloma Alston ex Crabbe & Jermy	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella chrysocaulos (Hook. & Grev.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella chrysoleuca Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella ciliaris (Retz.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella cinerascens A.A. Eaton	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella coarctata Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella commutata Alderw.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella compta Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella conduplicata Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella contigua Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella convoluta (Arn.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella corallina (Riddell) Wilbur & Whitson, Margaret K.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella cordifolia (Desv. ex Poir.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella correae Valdespino	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella corrugis Mickel & Beitel	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella cruciformis Alston ex Crabbe & Jermy	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella cuneata Mickel & Beitel	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella cupressina (Willd.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella cyclophylla A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella dasyloma Alston	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella davidii Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella decipiens Warb.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella decomposita Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella delicatissima Linden ex A. Braun	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella delicatula (Desv. ex Poir.) Alston	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella densa Rydb.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella denudata (Willd.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella didymostachya (Desv. ex Poir.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella diffusa Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella doederleinii Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella douglasii (Hook. & Grev.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella drepanophylla Alston	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella effusa Alston	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella epirrhizos Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella eremophila Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella erythropus (Mart.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella euclimax Alston ex Crabbe & Jermy	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella eurynota A. Braun	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella exaltata (Kunze) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella extensa Underw.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella filicaulis Sodiro	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella finitima Mickel & Beitel	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella fissidentoides (Hook. & Grev.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella flacca Alston	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella flagellata Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella flexuosa Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella fragilis A. Braun	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella gebaueriana Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella geniculata (C. Presl) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella gigantea Steyerm. & A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella guatemalensis Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella gypsophila A.R. Sm. & T. Reeves	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella haematodes (Kunze) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella haenkeana Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella hainanensis X.C. Zhang & Noot.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella hansenii Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella harrisii Underw. & Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella hartwegiana Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella helferi Warb.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella helvetica (L.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella hemicardia Valdespino	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella heterodonta (Desv. ex Poir.) Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella heterostachys Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella hezhangensis P.S. Wang & X.Y. Wang	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella hirsuta Alston ex Crabbe & Jermy	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella hirtifolia Valdespino	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella hispida (Willd.) A. Braun ex Urb.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella hoffmannii Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella horizontalis (C. Presl) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella huehuetenangensis Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella humboldtiana A. Braun	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella hupehensis Pamp.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella idiospora Alston	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella illecebrosa Alston	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella imbricans A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella imbricata (Forssk.) Spring ex Decne.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella jugorum Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella kansuensis Ching & Y.P. Hsu	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella kochii Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella kouytcheensis H. Lév.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella kraussiana (Kunze) A. Braun	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella kunzeana A. Braun	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella kurzii Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella labordei Hieron. ex H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella laevigata (Willd.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella landii Greenm. & N. Pfeiff.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella laxistrobila K.H. Shing	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella lechleri Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella lepidophylla (Hook. & Grev.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella leptophylla Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella liboensis H.S. Kung & P.S. Wang	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella limbata Alston	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella lindenii Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella lineolata Mickel & Beitel	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella lingulata Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella ludoviciana A. Braun	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella lyallii (Hook. & Grev.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella lychnuchus Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella macilenta Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella macrathera Weath.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella mairei H. Lév.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella marahuacae A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella marginata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella martensii Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella medogensis Ching & S.K. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella megaphylla Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella meridensis Alston	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella mickelii Valdespino	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella microdendron Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella microdonta A.C. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella microphylla (Kunth) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella microtus A. Braun	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella minima Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella mixteca Mickel & Beitel	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella moellendorffii Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella molliceps Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella mollis A. Braun	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella monospora Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella moritziana Spring ex Klotzsch	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella mortoniana Crabbe & Jermy	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella muscosa Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella mutica D.C. Eaton ex Underw.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella myosurus Alston	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella neblinae A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella nipponica Franch. & Sav.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella non-articulate species	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella nothohybrida Valdespino	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella novae-hollandiae (Sw.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella novoleonensis Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella nummularifolia Ching	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella oaxacana Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella obtusa Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella omeiensis Ching	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella ornata Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella ovifolia Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella pallescens (C. Presl) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella palmiformis Alston ex Crabbe & Jermy	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella parishii Underw.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella parkeri (Hook. & Grev.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella parviarticulata Buck	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella pennata Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella peruviana (Milde) Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella phillipsiana (Hieron.) Alston	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella picta (Griff.) A. Braun ex Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella pilifera A. Braun	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella plana (Desv. ex Poir.) Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella plumosa (L.) C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella poeppigiana (Spring) Spring ex Splitg.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella polymorpha Badré	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella polyptera Valdespino	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella popayanensis Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella porelloides (Lam.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella porphyrospora A. Braun	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella potaroensis Jenman	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella pouzolziana (Gaudich.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella praestans Alston	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella producta Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella prolifera Valdespino	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella prostrata H.S. Kung	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella pruskiana Valdespino	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella pseudonipponica Tagawa	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella pseudostauntoniana Pamp.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella pubens A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella pubescens (Wall.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella pulcherrima Liebm.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella pulvinata (Hook. & Grev.) Maxim.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella quadrifaria Alston	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella ramosissima Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella reflexa Underw.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella remotifolia Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella repanda (Desv. ex Poir.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella revoluta Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella rhodostachya Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella ribae Valdespino	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella rolandi-principis Alston	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella roraimensis Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella rossii (Baker) Warb.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella rupincola Underw.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella rzedowskii Lorea-Hern.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella salazariae Valdespino	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella sanguinolenta (L.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella sartorii Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella scabrifolia Ching & Chu H. Wang	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella scalariformis A.C. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella schaffneri Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella schiedeana A. Braun	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella schultesii Alston ex Crabbe & Jermy	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella scopulorum Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella seemannii Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella selaginoides (L.) P. Beauv. ex Mart. & Schrank	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella sellowii Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella sericea A. Braun	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella sertata Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella shakotanensis (Franch. ex Takeda) Miyabe & Kudo	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella siamensis Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella sibirica (Milde) Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella sichuanica H.S. Kung	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella silvestris Aspl.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella simplex Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella sinensis (Desv.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella smithiorum Valdespino	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella sobolifera A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella speciosa A. Braun	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella spinulosovena G.Q. Gou & P.S. Wang	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella springiana Alderw.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella standleyi Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella stauntoniana Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella stellata Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella stenophylla A. Braun	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella steyermarkii Alston	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella struthioloides (C. Presl) Underw.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella suavis Klotzsch	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella subrugosa Mickel & Beitel	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella substipitata Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella sulcata (Desv. ex Poir.) Spring ex Mart.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella tamariscina (P. Beauv.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella tanyclada Alston ex Crabbe & Jermy	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella tarda Mickel & Beitel	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella taylorii Valdespino	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella tenella (P. Beauv.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella tenera Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella tenuissima Fée	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella terezoana Bautista	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella thysanophylla A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella tibetica Ching & S.K. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella tomentosa Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella tortipila A. Braun	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella trachyphylla A. Braun ex Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella trisulcata Aspl.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella truncata H. Karst. ex A. Braun	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella tuberculata Spruce ex Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella tuberosa McAlpin & Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella tyleri A.C. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella umbrosa Lem. ex Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella uncinata (Desv. ex Poir.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella underwoodii Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella vaginata Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella valdepilosa Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella vardei H. Lév.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella vernicosa Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella versatilis A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella versicolor Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella viridissima Weath.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella viticulosa Klotzsch	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella wallacei Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella wallichii (Hook. & Grev.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella willdenowii (Desv. ex Poir.) Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella wolffii Sodiro	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella wrightii Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella wurdackii Alston	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella xipholepis Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella xiphophylla Baker	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella xishuiensis G.Q. Gou & P.S. Wang	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella yemensis (Sw.) Spring	Accepted		TRO
Selaginella yunnanensis Hieron.	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 670 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Selaginella. Of these 308 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 77 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Selaginella. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 670 species names for the genus Selaginella recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	308	46.0%
◕	Synonym	191	28.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	171	25.5%

All names

The status of the 747 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Selaginella recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	314	42.0%
◕	Synonym	260	34.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	173	23.2%

The confidence with which the status of the 670 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Selaginella, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	307	186	0	0	493	73.6%
	Low confidence	1	5	0	171	177	26.4%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Selaginella, are as follows: