Selaginellaceae
Selaginella

Selaginella kerstingii Hieron.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50: 2, 21 (1913)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Papua New Guinea to New Caledonia. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

New Caledonia, New Guinea, Solomon Is.

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Chen, C.-W. & al. (2022). An annotated checklist of lycophytes and ferns of the Solomon islands. The Fern Gazette 21: 292-419.
  • 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

  • Chen, C.-W. & al. (2022). An annotated checklist of lycophytes and ferns of the Solomon islands. The Fern Gazette 21: 292-419.
  • iNaturalist.org (2019-countinuously updated). iNaturalist Research-grade Observations. Occurrence dataset http://www.inaturalist.org.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2006 Hoogland, R.D. [8889] Papua New Guinea K000409364 No
Dec 1, 2006 Womersley, J.S. [NGF 48595] Papua New Guinea K000409528 No
Dec 1, 2006 Kerenga, K.; et al. [LAE 73825] Papua New Guinea K000409526 No
Dec 1, 2006 Streimann [NGF 24341] Papua New Guinea K000409664 No
Sep 30, 1922 Schlechter, F.R.R. [17128] Papua New Guinea K000812129 Type Yes
Schlechter, R. [17148] Papua New Guinea K000408398 Syntype Yes
Schlechter, R. [17148] Papua New Guinea K000408399 Syntype Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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