View source for Selaginella uncinata

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|accepted_name=Selaginella uncinata
|accepted_authority=(Desvaux ex Poiret) Spring
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles
|place=10: 141. 1843
|year=1843
}}
|common_names=Blue spike-moss;peacock spike-moss
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lycopodium uncinatum
|authority=Desvaux ex Poiret
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Selaginellaceae;Selaginella;Selaginella subg. Stachygynandrum;Selaginella uncinata
|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 uncinata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>terrestrial, forming diffuse mats. <b>Stems</b> long-creeping, branched, branches 3-forked, flat, not articulate, glabrous. <b>Rhizophores</b> axillary, mostly at stem base or apex, 0.3–0.4 mm diam. <b>Leaves</b> delicate, papery. <b>Lateral</b> leaves distant, iridescent, green to blue-green, ovate-oblong, 3–4.2 × 1.5–2.5 mm; basiscopic base with small auricle, acroscopic base overlapping stem; margins conspicuously transparent, entire; apex acute to obtuse. <b>Median</b> leaves ovate-lanceolate, 2.2–3.5 × 1.2–1.8 mm; base with outer auricle; margins transparent, entire; apex acuminate. <b>Strobili</b> solitary, 0.5–1.5 cm; sporophylls monomorphic, lanceolate to narrowly ovate-lanceolate, strongly tapering toward apex, keeled, keel not dentate, base glabrous, margins transparent, entire, apex long-acuminate. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|habitat=Hammocks in shade near streams
|elevation=0–50 m
|distribution=Fla.;Ga.;La.;Asia in China.
|discussion=<p>Selaginella uncinata is widely cultivated outdoors along the Gulf Coast of the United States and in greenhouses and nurseries. It is a native of southern China and is closely allied to S. delicatula (Desvaux ex Poiret) Alston, also in part from China.</p>
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name=Selaginella uncinata
|author=
|authority=(Desvaux ex Poiret) Spring
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Lycopodium uncinatum
|family=Selaginellaceae
|habitat=Hammocks in shade near streams
|elevation=0–50 m
|distribution=Fla.;Ga.;La.;Asia in China.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles
|publication year=1843
|special status=
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|genus=Selaginella
|subgenus=Selaginella subg. Stachygynandrum
|species=Selaginella uncinata
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