Biology:Selaginella × neomexicana
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Short description: Species of plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Lycophytes |
| Class: | Lycopodiopsida |
| Order: | Selaginellales |
| Family: | Selaginellaceae |
| Genus: | Selaginella |
| Species: | S. × neomexicana
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Selaginella × neomexicana, commonly known New Mexican spikemoss,[1] is a hybrid species of desert vascular plant in the spikemoss family Selaginellaceae.[2] First described by William Ralph Maxon, it is found in the south-western United States (Arizona, New Mexico and Texas).[2][3][4]
Selaginella × neomexicana is a non-flowering, sporulating plant that grows up to about two inches tall. It is treated as a hybrid, lacking megaspores and megasporangia. It grows on canyon rock from 1400 to 2000 metres in elevation.[5]
References
- ↑ "New Mexican Spikemoss (Selaginella X neomexicana) | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service" (in en). https://www.fws.gov/species/new-mexican-spikemoss-selaginella-x-neomexicana.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed) (2019). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2019 Annual Checklist.". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. TaxonID: 54114749. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/DCA_Export/zip-fixed/2019-annual.zip.
- ↑ Maxon (1920) , In: Smiths. Misc. Coll. 72: 2
- ↑ Hassler M. (2019). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World (version Nov 2018). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
- ↑ "Selaginella ×neomexicana – FNA". http://floranorthamerica.org/Selaginella_%C3%97neomexicana.
Wikidata ☰ Q17036826 entry
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