View source for Selaginella lepidophylla

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|accepted_name=Selaginella lepidophylla
|accepted_authority=(Hooker & Greville) Spring in Martius et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in Martius et al.,Fl. Bras.
|place=1(2): 126. 1840
|year=1840
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|common_names=Resurrection plant
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Lycopodium lepidophyllum
|authority=Hooker & Greville
|publication_title=Icon. Filic.
|publication_place=2(9): 162. 1830
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Selaginellaceae;Selaginella;Selaginella subg. Stachygynandrum;Selaginella lepidophylla
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Selaginellaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Selaginella]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Selaginella subg. Stachygynandrum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Selaginella lepidophylla]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>terrestrial or on rock, forming rosettes. <b>Main</b> (central) stem spirally compact, branched, branches 2–3-forked, prostrate, flat when moist, curling inward when dry (ball-like), not articulate, weakly puberulent. <b>Rhizophores</b> borne on upperside of stems, restricted to basal part of rosette, 0.3–0.5 mm diam. <b>Leaves</b> thick and stiff. <b>Lateral</b> leaves yellow to reddish on abaxial surface, green on adaxial surface, overlapping, ascending, deltate to deltate-ovate, 2–2.2 X (1–)1.7–1.8 mm; base nearly cordate, pubescent; margins transparent, ciliate toward base, dentate to ciliate toward apex; apex rounded. <b>Median</b> leaves broadly ovate, 1.5–1.7 × 1.4–1.5 mm; base nearly cordate to truncate, pubescent; margins transparent, ciliate toward base, dentate to ciliate toward apex; apex abruptly acuminate (short-cuspidate) to obtuse. <b>Strobili</b> solitary, 3–12 mm; sporophylls monomorphic, deltate-ovate, slightly keeled, keel not dentate, base pubescent, margins transparent, short-ciliate at base, denticulate toward apex, apex acuminate to acute.</span><!--

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|habitat=Dry places on rocky soil or on limestone talus
|elevation=900–2000 m
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico.
|discussion=<p><i>Selaginella lepidophylla</i> is sold as a commonly grown house plant and is cultivated in greenhouses. When dry, lateral branches of desiccated plants curl inward; upon rehydration, they uncurl and resume normal growth, even after years of being dry. Among the species in the flora, it is allied to <i>S. pilifera</i>.</p><!--
--><p>Of conservation concern.</p>
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name=Selaginella lepidophylla
|author=
|authority=(Hooker & Greville) Spring in Martius et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Lycopodium lepidophyllum
|family=Selaginellaceae
|habitat=Dry places on rocky soil or on limestone talus
|elevation=900–2000 m
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=in Martius et al.,Fl. Bras.
|publication year=1840
|special status=
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|genus=Selaginella
|subgenus=Selaginella subg. Stachygynandrum
|species=Selaginella lepidophylla
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