''Selaginella tamariscina'' is a species of plant 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, endemic to

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. It is an evergreen perennial growing to 45cm in height.

Synonyms

* ''Lycopodioides tamariscina'' (P.Beauv.) H.S.Kung * ''Lycopodium caulescens'' Wall. ex Hook. & Grev. * ''Lycopodium involvens'' Sw. * ''Lycopodium tamariscinum'' (P.Beauv.) Desv. ex Poir. * ''Selaginella caulescens'' (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) Spring * ''Selaginella involvens'' (Sw.) Spring * ''Selaginella tamariscina'' var. ''tamariscina'' * ''Selaginella veitchii'' W.R.McNab * ''Stachygynandrum tamariscinum'' P.Beauv.

References

* ''Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles'' 10(1): 136 1843.
The Plant List

Flora of China

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