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''Selaginella denticulata'', or Mediterranean clubmoss, is a non-flowering
''Selaginella denticulata''
IUCN Red List, accessed August 2012 It prefers dark cave environments and it is found on Gibraltar,Gibraltar Flora
, GONHS.org, accessed August 2012 throughout the Mediterranean region and in
Harper Collins, accessed August 2012
''Selaginella denticulata'', or Mediterranean clubmoss, is a non-flowering plant
Plants are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all curr ...
of the spikemoss
''Selaginella'' is the sole genus of vascular plants in the family Selaginellaceae, the spikemosses or lesser clubmosses.
This family is distinguished from Lycopodiaceae (the clubmosses) by having scale-leaves bearing a ligule and by having ...
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
''Selaginella
''Selaginella'' is the sole genus of vascular plants in the family Selaginellaceae, the spikemosses or lesser clubmosses.
This family is distinguished from Lycopodiaceae (the clubmosses) by having scale-leaves bearing a ligule and by having ...
'' with a wide distribution around the Northern Hemisphere.
Description
It is in the genus ''Selaginella'' and this creeper is characterized by having flattened stems, bearing four rows of ovate leaves which vary in size according to their position. Its specific epithet, "denticulata" comes from the Latin "dens" which means tooth, and alludes to the denticles that appear on the leaves. It was identified by the nineteenth century botanistAntoine Frédéric Spring
Antoine Frédéric Spring (8 April 1814 in Gerolsbach, Bavaria – 17 January 1872) was a German-born, Belgian physician and botanist.
He studied botany and medicine at the University of Munich, obtaining his PhD in 1835 and his medical doctora ...
.
It is distributed throughout the Mediterranean
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region except for the Cape Verde islands
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. It is not under threat although it is less common in the Eastern Mediterranean.IUCN Red List, accessed August 2012
, GONHS.org, accessed August 2012 throughout the Mediterranean region and in
Portugal
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. In the spring it is green but as it dries out the plant is red.Complete Mediterranean Wildlife: PhotoguideHarper Collins, accessed August 2012
References
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