Selaginellaceae
Selaginella

Selaginella kraussiana (Kunze) A.Braun

First published in Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1859: 22 (1860)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Tropical & S. Africa. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

Selaginellaceae, A. H. G. Alston. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Ferns and Fern-Allies Supplement. 1959

Ecology
On ground in mossy forest zone on mountains, 3, 200 to 6, 000 ft. alt.; locally abundant.
[FWTA]

Sources

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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

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