Taxon: Selaginella kraussiana (Kunze) A. Braun

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Selaginella kraussiana var. stansfieldii (no accessions)

Common names:

• garden selaginella   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• Krauss's spike-moss   (Source: Ferns Amer Gard ) – English
  
• Krauss's-club-moss   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• mat spike-moss   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• spreading-club-moss   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• trailing spike-moss   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• glansmosslummer   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Eur Gard F; Zander ed14)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia; Sudan
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi; Cameroon; Congo; Equatorial Guinea - Bioko; Rwanda; Zaire
  West Tropical Africa: Sierra Leone
  South Tropical Africa: Angola; Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe
  Southern Africa: South Africa - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal

• naturalized elsewhere

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. 2:61.
• George, A. S., ed. 1980–. Flora of Australia.
• Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres.
• Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967–. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale).
• Mickel, J. T. 1994. Ferns for American gardens.
• Press, J. R. & M. J. Short, eds. 1994. Flora of Madeira.
• Proctor, G. R. 1985. Ferns of Jamaica. A guide to the pteridophytes.
• Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Selaginella kraussiana.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Selaginella kraussiana.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Selaginella kraussiana.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Lycopodium kraussianum Kunze (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Selaginella kraussiana (Kunze) A. Braun:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• ABRS: Australian Biological Resources Study Flora of Australia online
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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