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Accession Data:

Selaginella moellendorffii Hieron.

  • Common Name: Gemmiferous Spikemoss
  • Family: Selaginellaceae Milde.

  • Country of Origin: Asia

  • Description: haploid nuclear genome size of less than 127 Mbp-the smallest genome size reported for a plant species
  • USDA Zone: 7-10

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200000106
  • Source: Webster
  • Accession Date: 12-19-2000
  • Bench: 3101 - EVO: Bryophytes & Lycopods
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-21-2023

Classification:

  • Division: Lycopodiophyta
  • Class: Lycopodiopsida
  • SubClass: fern relatives
  • Order: Selaginellales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Selaginellaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Ferns & Fern Allies

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, January 12, 2016.
  2. Hassler, M. & Schmidt, B. 2015. World Ferns. Checklist of the Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 5.61 - December 2015. Last accessed on Tuesday, January 12, 2016.

data regenerated on Tue, 21 Feb 2023 15:21:03 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Selaginellaceae

  • Selaginella anceps
  • Selaginella cf. peruviana
  • Selaginella cf. wrightii
  • Selaginella densa W/C
  • Selaginella diffusa
  • Selaginella erythropus
  • Selaginella martensii
  • Selaginella moellendorffii
  • Selaginella pallescens
  • Selaginella pallescens aurea
  • Selaginella vogelii
  • Selaginella watsonii
  • Selaginella willdenowii
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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