• Family (Christenhusz et al, 2011) : SELAGINELLACEAE
• Family (As per The Plant List) : Selaginellaceae
• Species : Selaginella involvens
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Selaginella tamariscina (P. Beauv.) Spring
• Collection Nos : FMJ & CJS 17029
• Collector(s) Name : F. M. Jarrett & C. J. Saldanha
• Key identification features : Stem erect, rooting at base only, upto 2 mm thick, terete, upto 20 cm long without branches, stramineousbranched portion quadripinnate; lateral branches about eight pairs, alternate, about 4 cm apart, ascending, lanceolate, bearing secondary and tertiary branches; leaves on mani stem uniform, scattered appressed, broadly ovate, acute, entire; leaves on distalmost part of mani axis and on lateral branches dimorphic; lateral ones ovate-lanceolate. Leaves pale green to dark green; cones terminal on ultimate branches, quadrangular; sporophylls uniform, ovate, acuminate, entire; microspores reddish-brown in mass.
• Habit : Herb
• Native : Tropical Asia; Temperate Asia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Collection Locality : Kodaikanal
• Floras referred : Fraser-Jenkins, Taxonomic revision of Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes 2008; Manickam V.S & Irudayaraj V. (1992)- Pteridophyte flora of W.Ghats, South India

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