English: Spikemosses; Spikemoss family; Lesser clubmosses.
Clades:
Lycopodiales;
Lycopodiidae;
Lycopodianae;
Pteridophyta;
Plants.
Members: 1 genus, Selaginella; 750 species.
TaxonomyThe Ppg1 classificatoion places
Selaginellaceae and Selaginellales in the subclass
Isoetidae, in the Class Lycopodiopsida.
Selaginella is split into 6 subgenera and has 750 species.
Plant theoryIn the
Plant theory Selaginellaceae is placed in
Lycopodiales, in
Subphase 7, which is well confirmed by cases.
BotanyHerb; fern; creeping or ascendant; under dry conditions, some species of Selaginella roll into brown balls.
Stem: fertile shoots sessile.
Leaves: simple, scale-like; heterosporous; ligules, scale-like outgrowths near the base of the upper surface of each microphyll and sporophyll.
Sporangia: on 4-sided strobili; ligulate, ligules, scale-like outgrowths near the base of the upper surface of each microphyll and sporophyll; under dry conditions.
Spores: heterosporous; 4-ranked microspores trilete megaspores.
Stages Remedies1
Selaginella apus1
Selaginella selaginoides2
Selaginella kraussiana3
Selaginella plana10
Selaginella vogelii10
Selaginella exaltata15
Selaginella moellendorffii16
Selaginella stauntoniana17
Selaginella lepidophylla