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''Selaginella denticulata'', or Mediterranean clubmoss, is a non-flowering
''Selaginella denticulata''
IUCN Red List, accessed August 2012 It prefers dark cave environments and it is found on
, GONHS.org, accessed August 2012 throughout the Mediterranean region and in
Harper Collins, accessed August 2012
''Selaginella denticulata'', or Mediterranean clubmoss, is a non-flowering plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...
of the spikemoss
''Selaginella'' is the sole genus of vascular plants in the family Selaginellaceae, the spikemosses or lesser clubmosses.
This family is distinguished from Lycopodiaceae (the clubmosses) by having scale-leaves bearing a ligule and by having ...
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
''Selaginella
''Selaginella'' is the sole genus of vascular plants in the family Selaginellaceae, the spikemosses or lesser clubmosses.
This family is distinguished from Lycopodiaceae (the clubmosses) by having scale-leaves bearing a ligule and by having ...
'' with a wide distribution around the Northern Hemisphere
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Description
It is in the genus ''Selaginella'' and this creeper is characterized by having flattened stems, bearing four rows of ovate leaves which vary in size according to their position. Its specific epithet, "denticulata" comes from the Latin "dens" which means tooth, and alludes to the denticles that appear on the leaves. It was identified by the nineteenth century botanist Antoine Frédéric Spring. It is distributed throughout theMediterranean
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region except for the Cape Verde islands
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. It is not under threat although it is less common in the Eastern Mediterranean.IUCN Red List, accessed August 2012
Gibraltar
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,Gibraltar Flora, GONHS.org, accessed August 2012 throughout the Mediterranean region and in
Portugal
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. In the spring it is green but as it dries out the plant is red.Complete Mediterranean Wildlife: PhotoguideHarper Collins, accessed August 2012
References
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