View source for Selaginella peruviana

{{Treatment/ID
|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
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|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=
}}<!--

--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form;mat architecture or fragility"><b>Plants </b>on rock or terrestrial, forming loose mats.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="upperside growth form or orientation;upperside shape;underside growth form or orientation;underside shape;branch development;tip orientation"><b>Stems </b>not readily fragmenting, prostrate, upperside and underside structurally different, irregularly forked, branches determinate, tips upturned.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="rhizophore diameter"><b>Rhizophores </b>borne on upperside of stems, throughout stem length, 0.23–0.33 mm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf growth form;leaf arrangement;leaf fixation or orientation;leaf orientation;leaf coloration;rank quantity"><b>Leaves </b>dimorphic, arranged in 8 ranks, tightly appressed, ascending, green;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="abaxial ridge presence">abaxial ridges present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="bristle duration;bristle coloration;bristle shape;bristle some measurement">apex with persistent, whitish, terete bristle 0.3–0.8 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="underside leaf shape;underside leaf length;underside leaf width"><b>Underside </b>leaves narrowly linear-lanceolate (on central ranks) to falcate (on marginal ranks), 2.5–4 × 0.4–0.6 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="base shape;base pubescence">base decurrent (oblique on marginal ranks), pubescent (sometimes glabrous);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="margin architecture or pubescence or shape;cilium coloration;cilium orientation;cilium orientation;cilium some measurement">margins ciliate, cilia transparent to opaque, spreading at base, ascending toward apex, 0.1–0.15 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="upperside leaf shape;upperside leaf length;upperside leaf width"><b>Upperside </b>leaves linear-lanceolate (on central ranks) to falcate (on marginal ranks), 2.3–2.75 × 0.5–0.55 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="base fusion;base pubescence">base abruptly adnate, pubescent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="margin architecture or pubescence or shape;cilium coloration;cilium orientation;cilium orientation;cilium some measurement">margins ciliate, cilia transparent to opaque, ascending or spreading, 0.08–0.16 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="strobilus architecture or arrangement or growth form;strobilus some measurement"><b>Strobili </b>solitary, 0.5–2 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="sporophyll shape;abaxial ridge prominence;base pubescence;margin architecture or pubescence or shape;apex shape">sporophylls ovate-deltate to ovate, abaxial ridges not prominent, base glabrous, margins short-ciliate, apex bristled.</span><!--

-->{{Treatment/Body
|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 Selaginella peruviana in the United States.</p>
|tables=
|references=
}}<!--

--><!--

-->{{#Taxon:
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=Illustrated
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V2/V2_740.xml
|genus=Selaginella
|subgenus=Selaginella subg. Tetragonostachys
|species=Selaginella peruviana
|abaxial ridge presence=absent
|abaxial ridge prominence=not prominent
|apex shape=bristled
|base fusion=adnate
|base pubescence=glabrous;pubescent;pubescent
|base shape=decurrent
|branch development=determinate
|bristle coloration=whitish
|bristle duration=persistent
|bristle shape=terete
|bristle some measurement=0.3mm;0.8mm
|cilium coloration=transparent;opaque
|cilium orientation=spreading;ascending;ascending;spreading
|cilium some measurement=0.08mm;0.16mm
|leaf arrangement=arranged
|leaf coloration=green
|leaf fixation or orientation=appressed
|leaf growth form=dimorphic
|leaf orientation=ascending
|margin architecture or pubescence or shape=short-ciliate;ciliate;ciliate
|mat architecture or fragility=loose
|rank quantity=8
|rhizophore diameter=0.23mm;0.33mm
|sporophyll shape=ovate-deltate;ovate
|strobilus architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|strobilus some measurement=0.5cm;2cm
|tip orientation=upturned
|underside growth form or orientation=prostrate
|underside leaf length=2.5mm;4mm
|underside leaf shape=narrowly linear-lanceolate;falcate
|underside leaf width=0.4mm;0.6mm
|underside shape=forked
|upperside growth form or orientation=prostrate
|upperside leaf length=2.3mm;2.75mm
|upperside leaf shape=linear-lanceolate;falcate
|upperside leaf width=0.5mm;0.55mm
|upperside shape=forked
|whole_organism growth form=plant
}}<!--

-->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Selaginella subg. Tetragonostachys]]