Selaginella denticulata (L.) Spring

Selaginella denticulata (L.) Spring

Synonymy

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    Taxon info

    Selaginella denticulata is a moss-like plant belonging to a small family of heterosporous vascular cryptogams. It is common on damp rock faces, earth banks and walls between terraced fields, being fertile in the winter and spring. It has densely set scale-like leaves. The sporangia are arranged in spike-like strobili, with the female macrosporangia at the base and the male microsporangia towards the apex.A
    A. Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013: Vascular plants of Greece: An annotated checklist. 31: p. 362 [Plate 23.8]

    Distribution

    GR(IoI SPi Pe StE EC NC NE NAe WAe Kik KK EAe

    Greece (East Aegean islands present; East Central Greece present; Ionian Islands present; Kiklades present; Kriti and Karpathos present; North Aegean islands present; North Central Greece present; North-East Greece present; Peloponnisos present; South Pindos present; Sterea Ellas present; West Aegean islands present)

    Status

    Native / Non Range-Restricted

    Chorology

    Mediterranean

    Life-form

    Hemicryptophyte

    Habitat

    Xeric Mediterranean Phrygana and grasslands, Woodlands and scrub, Cliffs, rocks, walls, ravines, boulders

    IUCN category

    Least Concern

    Presidential Decree 67/81

    No

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