The Sélaginelles (kind Selaginella ) are today reduced with this only kind pertaining to the family of the Sélaginellacée S. the kind Selaginella account currently approximately 700 species.
Etymology
The word
Selaginella is the diminutive of
Selago which is the name given by Pline to certain Conifers then taken again to indicate the Lycopode S. Autrefois, Sélaginelles were described like small Lycopods.
General description
- Voir the family of the Sélaginellacée S.
- It is on the named species Faux sélago that Palisot de Beauvois established the characters of this kind, by giving to this species the name of Selaginella spinosa .
Medium of life
- See the family of the Sélaginellacée S.
Species
- Selaginella denticulata - Sélaginelle denticulée.
- Selaginella helvetica - Sélaginelle of Switzerland.
- Selaginella kraussiana - Sélaginelle de Krauss.
- Selaginella lepidophylla - Rose of Jericho.
- Selaginella selaginoides (= Selaginella spinosa ) - Sélaginelle spinuleuse.
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