Biology:Selaginella denticulata
| Selaginella denticulata | |
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| S. denticulata photographed on La Palma, Canary Islands | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Lycophytes |
| Class: | Lycopodiopsida |
| Order: | Selaginellales |
| Family: | Selaginellaceae |
| Genus: | Selaginella |
| Species: | S. denticulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Selaginella denticulata (L.) Spring
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Selaginella denticulata, or Mediterranean clubmoss,[3] is a non-flowering plant of the spikemoss genus Selaginella with a wide distribution around the Northern Hemisphere.
Distribution and habitat
S. denticulata is widespread across the Mediterranean basin and can be found in Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, France (mainland France and Corsica), Greece (mainland Greece, several Aegean Islands, and Crete), Italy (mainland Italy, Sardinia, and Sicily), Lebanon, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Portugal (mainland Portugal and Madeira), Slovenia, Spain (mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands), Tunisia, and Turkey. It is most abundant in the western Mediterranean basin, becoming rarer in the east.[1]
Description
S. denticulata is a small, moss-like plant that grows along the ground. The stems branch out dichotomously, and the leaves are arranged in four rows along the stems. The sporangia are borne near the tips of the branches, with male sporangia being red and female sporangia being green.[4]
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Daoud-Bouattour, A., Gammar-Ghrabi, Z., Limam-Ben Saad, S. & Muller, S.D. (2010). "Selaginella denticulata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T163985A5683012.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163985/5683012. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ↑ "Selaginella denticulata (L.) Spring". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60445621-2.
- ↑ Gibraltar Flora , GONHS.org, accessed August 2012
- ↑ "Selaginella denticulata (L) Spring". University of the Balearic Islands. https://herbarivirtual.uib.es/en/general/360/especie/selaginella-denticulata-l-spring.
Wikidata ☰ Q145398 entry
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