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Selaginella oaxacana Spring

selaginela mexicana

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Pteridophyta

Class
Lycopodiopsida

Order
Selaginellales

Family
Selaginellaceae

Genus
Selaginella

Species
oaxacana

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Lycopodium flabellatum var. strictum M. Martens & Galeotti

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 2006

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture

Introduced status: Human dependent

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
  • Jaramillo, P. (2003) Estado actual del género Selaginella (Selaginellaceae) y dispersión de una especie invasora en la Estación Biológica Las Cruces. Sistemática de Plantas Tropicales, Vol. 18, 23-33 (Eds R. Moran, F. Michelangeli and M. Bonifacino). Costa Rica: Organización de Estudios Tropicales (OET).
  • Jaramillo, P. (2003) Estado actual del género Selaginella (Selaginellaceae) y dispersión de una especie invasora en la Estación Biológica Las Cruces. Sistemática de Plantas Tropicales, Vol. 18, 23-33 (Eds R. Moran, F. Michelangeli and M. Bonifacino). Costa Rica: Organización de Estudios Tropicales (OET).
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org

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"Galapagos Species Database, Selaginella oaxacana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2146. Accessed 4 November 2026.