''Selaginella martensii'', the variegated spikemoss or Martens's spike moss, is a

lycophyte The lycophytes, when broadly circumscribed, are a vascular plant (tracheophyte) subgroup of the kingdom Plantae. They are sometimes placed in a division Lycopodiophyta or Lycophyta or in a subdivision Lycopodiophytina. They are one of the oldest ...

in the

Selaginellaceae ''Selaginella'' is the sole genus of vascular plants in the family Selaginellaceae, the spikemosses or lesser clubmosses. This family is distinguished from Lycopodiaceae The Lycopodiaceae (class Lycopodiopsida, order Lycopodiales) are an o ...

family. It is native to

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and

Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...

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* Jakob Schneller, Hans Gerber, and Alex Zuppiger, "Speed and force of spore ejection in ''Selaginella martensii''", Botanica Helvetica, Birkhäuser Basel, Volume 118, Number 1 / June, 2008. ISSN 0253-1453 (Print) 1420-9063 (Online). * JA Jernstedt, EG Cutter, EM Gifford EM, "Angle meristem origin and development in ''Selaginella martensii''", Ann. Bot. 69, pages 351–63. 1992. martensii {{lycophyte-stub