Selaginella vogelii Spring

First published in Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique 24: 170 (1849)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Brazil Southeast, Sri Lanka

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2018). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 2: 1-573. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Quansah, N. & Thomas, B.A. (2021). Anisophyllous species of Selaginella in West Africa. The Fern Gazette 21: 188-238.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • Quansah, N. & Thomas, B.A. (2021). Anisophyllous species of Selaginella in West Africa. The Fern Gazette 21: 188-238.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [10455] Cameroon K000746270 No
Aug 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9668] Cameroon K000109263 No
Aug 1, 2001 Ghogue, J.-P. [487] Cameroon K000109262 No
Jul 1, 1996 Ameka, G.; Adomako; Cheek; de Graft-Johnson; Swaine [39] Ghana K000812107 No
Jul 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [5641] Cameroon K000109261 No
Jan 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [5874] Cameroon K000540286 No
Jan 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [3755] Cameroon K000540296 No
Jan 1, 1996 Upson, T. [29] Cameroon K000540258 No
Jan 1, 1996 Harris, D.J. [3656] Cameroon K000540298 No
Jan 1, 1996 Wheatley, J.I. [496] Cameroon K000540277 No
Jan 1, 1996 Sonké, B. [673] Cameroon K000540306 No
Jan 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [3753] Cameroon K000540303 No
Jan 1, 1996 Thomas, D.W. [9894] Cameroon K000540307 No
Jan 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [5710] Cameroon K000540311 No
Jan 1, 1996 Cable, S. [476] Cameroon K000540270 No
Jan 1, 1996 Wheatley, J.I. [785] Cameroon K000540297 No
Cheek, M.; Elad; Ndumbe, P. [3499] Cameroon K001518092 Yes
Jongkind, C.C.H.; Sambolah, G. [12750] Liberia K001600737 Yes
Vogel [182] Equatorial Guinea K000351227 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fernandez Casas ; Carvalho [11259] Equatorial Guinea K001519460 Yes
Carvalho [2463] Equatorial Guinea K000388134 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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