View source for Selaginella peruviana

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|accepted_name=Selaginella peruviana
|accepted_authority=(J. Milde) Hieronymus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Hedwigia
|place=39: 307–308. 1900
|year=1900
}}
|common_names=Peruvian spike-moss
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Selaginella rupestris
|authority=(Linnaeus) Spring forma peruviana J. Milde
|rank=species
|publication_title=Fil. Eur.,
|publication_place=263. 1867
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Selaginella sheldonii
|authority=Maxon
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Selaginellaceae;Selaginella;Selaginella subg. Tetragonostachys;Selaginella peruviana
|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. Tetragonostachys]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Selaginella peruviana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>on rock or terrestrial, forming loose mats. <b>Stems</b> not readily fragmenting, prostrate, upperside and underside structurally different, irregularly forked, branches determinate, tips upturned. <b>Rhizophores</b> borne on upperside of stems, throughout stem length, 0.23–0.33 mm diam. <b>Leaves</b> dimorphic, arranged in 8 ranks, tightly appressed, ascending, green; abaxial ridges present; apex with persistent, whitish, terete bristle 0.3–0.8 mm. <b>Underside</b> leaves narrowly linear-lanceolate (on central ranks) to falcate (on marginal ranks), 2.5–4 × 0.4–0.6 mm; base decurrent (oblique on marginal ranks), pubescent (sometimes glabrous); margins ciliate, cilia transparent to opaque, spreading at base, ascending toward apex, 0.1–0.15 mm. <b>Upperside</b> leaves linear-lanceolate (on central ranks) to falcate (on marginal ranks), 2.3–2.75 × 0.5–0.55 mm; base abruptly adnate, pubescent; margins ciliate, cilia transparent to opaque, ascending or spreading, 0.08–0.16 mm. <b>Strobili</b> solitary, 0.5–2 cm; sporophylls ovate-deltate to ovate, abaxial ridges not prominent, base glabrous, margins short-ciliate, apex bristled.</span><!--

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|habitat=Rocky slopes, rock crevices, ledges of sandstone or igneous cliffs, less often on sandy or clay soil
|elevation=1300–2300 m
|distribution=N.Mex.;Okla.;Tex.;Mexico;South America.
|discussion=<p>R. M. Tryon (1955) reported an elevation range of 600–3000 m for <i>Selaginella peruviana</i> in the United States.</p>
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name=Selaginella peruviana
|authority=(J. Milde) Hieronymus
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Selaginella sheldonii
|basionyms=Selaginella rupestris
|family=Selaginellaceae
|habitat=Rocky slopes, rock crevices, ledges of sandstone or igneous cliffs, less often on sandy or clay soil
|elevation=1300–2300 m
|distribution=N.Mex.;Okla.;Tex.;Mexico;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Hedwigia
|publication year=1900
|special status=
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|genus=Selaginella
|subgenus=Selaginella subg. Tetragonostachys
|species=Selaginella peruviana
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