Selaginella delicatula (Desv. ex Poir.) Alston

 
  • Family : SELAGINELLACEAE
    (SELAGINELLA OR SMALL CLUB MOSS FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : SELAGINELLACEAE
  • Basionym : Lycopodium delicatulum Desv. ex Poir.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Selaginella delicatula (Desv. ex Poir.) Alston
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Common on stone walls, along roadsides and shady places in coastal Karnataka and in Western Ghats.
  • Collector(s) Name : F. M. Jarrett, C. J. Saldanha & T.P.Ramamoorthy; C. J. Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 28 /10/1969
  • Collection Nos : HFP 673; CS 15539
  • Collection Locality : Hassan; Kempuhole, Shiradi ghat, Hassan dist.
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Rajagopal, P.K. & Bhat, K.G. (2016). Pteridophytes of Karnataka State, India. Vinayaka Prakashana Publishers.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Selaginella delicatula. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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