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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. Mozambique: 9 taxa. |
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
dregei (C. Presl) Hieron. | T,MS,M | Description, Image |
eublepharis A. Braun apud Hieron. | Z,M | Description |
goudotiana Spring var. abyssinica (Spring) Bizarri | N,T,MS | Description, Image |
imbricata (Forssk.) Spring ex Decne. | T,MS | Description, Image |
kraussiana (Kunze) A. Braun | Z,MS | Description, Image |
mittenii Baker | N,MS | Description, Image |
nivea Alston subsp. nivea | GI | Description |
njam-njamensis Hieron. | N,Z | Description |
tenerrima A. Braun ex Kuhn | MS | Description |
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