Accession Data:
Selaginella willdenowii (Desv. ex Poir.) J.G. Bak
- Common Name: Wildenow's Spike Fern
- Family: Selaginellaceae Milde.
- Country of Origin: Vietnam, Malaysia, Himalayas
- Description: Robust growing and most beautiful, shade loving rambler at first erect, but soon climbing between shrubs to 6m high, the light brown stems supported by stiff stilt-roots, and bearing spreading fronds of magnificent, shimmering peacock blue. Humid - Tropical.
- Culture: The iridescence is also seen to be dependent on the conditions under which the plant is grown. Lee et al. grew plants under light conditions with different red (R) to far-red (FR) ratios. They found that only plants grown under a minimum R : FR ratio of 0.35 produced intensely blue leaves. 3
Accession Data:
- Accession # 199100039
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1991
- Bench: 4107 - EPI: South Wall Rack
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 01-22-2025
Classification:
- Division: Lycopodiophyta
- Class: Lycopodiopsida
- SubClass: fern relatives
- Order: Selaginellales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Selaginellaceae
- SubFamily:
- Tribe:
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References (internal):
- Ferns & Fern Allies
- Iridescent Plants
- EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
- Plants used in EEB 2244 - General Ecology
- The Human Epoch; Living in the Anthropocene
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cambodia / Laos / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam / Jawa / Malaya / Philippines / Sumatera
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 26, 2017.
- Selaginella willdenowii at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 26, 2017.
- Katherine R. Thomas, Mathias Kolle, Heather M. Whitney, Beverley J. Glover, and Ullrich Steiner
Function of blue iridescence in tropical understorey plants
J R Soc Interface. 2010 Dec 6; 7(53): 1699–1707. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098%2Frsif.2010.0201
Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017. - Images #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by L. Shyamal (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.
data regenerated on Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:18:02 -0500 [bcm v4.0]
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