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'''''Selaginella''''' is a genus of plants in the family Selaginellaceae, the '''spikemosses'''. Many workers still place the Selaginellales in the class [[Lycopodiopsida]] (often misconstructed as "Lycopsida"). This group of plants has for years been included in what, for convenience, was called "[[fern ally|fern allies]]".
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Selaginellas are creeping or ascendant plants with simple, scale-like leaves on branching stems from which roots also arise. The plants are [[spore|heterosporous]] (megaspores and microspores), and have structures called ligules, scale-like outgrowths near the base of the upper surface of each [[microphyll]] and sporophyll.
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Selaginella (diminutive of Latin Selago, old name of a club moss). Selaginellaceae. Club Moss. A large group of mostly tropical plants with small scale-like leaves and of diverse habit, ranging from minute prostrate annuals to erect or even climbing perennials.
 
Selaginella (diminutive of Latin Selago, old name of a club moss). Selaginellaceae. Club Moss. A large group of mostly tropical plants with small scale-like leaves and of diverse habit, ranging from minute prostrate annuals to erect or even climbing perennials.
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There are about 700 species of ''Selaginella'', showing a wide range of characters; the genus is overdue for a revision which might include subdivision into several genera. Better-known spikemosses include:
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*''[[Selaginella apoda]]'' <small></small> - meadow spikemoss (eastern [[North America]])
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*''[[Selaginella bifida]]'' <small></small> ([[Rodrigues Island]])
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*''[[Selaginella biformis]]'' <small></small>
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*''[[Selaginella braunii]]'' <small></small> - Braun's spikemoss ([[China]])
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*''[[Selaginella bryopteris]]'' <small></small> - sanjeevani ([[India]])
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*''[[Selaginella canaliculata]]'' <small></small> - clubmoss ([[southeast Asia]], [[Maluku Islands]])
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*''[[Selaginella carinata]]'' <small></small>
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*''[[Selaginella densa]]'' <small></small> - lesser spikemoss (western North America)
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*''[[Selaginella eclipes]]'' <small></small> - Hidden spikemoss (eastern North America)
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*''[[Selaginella kraussiana]]'' <small></small> - Krauss's spikemoss ([[Africa]], [[Azores]])  
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*''[[Selaginella lepidophylla]]'' <small></small> - resurrection plant, dinosaur plant, and flower of stone ([[Chihuahuan Desert]] of [[North America]])
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*''[[Selaginella martensii]]''
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*''[[Selaginella moellendorffii]]'' <small></small>
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*''[[Selaginella pallescens]]''
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*''[[Selaginella plana]]''
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*''[[Selaginella rupestris]]'' <small></small> - rock spikemoss, festoon pine, and northern Selaginella (eastern North America)
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*''[[Selaginella selaginoides]]'' <small></small> - lesser clubmoss (north temperate [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[North America]])
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*''[[Selaginella sericea]]'' <small>[[A.Braun]]</small> - [[Ecuador]]
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*''[[Selaginella uncinata]]'' <small></small> - peacock moss, peacock spikemoss, blue spikemoss
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*''[[Selaginella willdenowii]]'' <small></small> - Willdenow's spikemoss
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Many species of ''Selaginella'' are [[desert]] plants known as "resurrection plants", because they curl up in a tight, brown or reddish ball during dry times, and uncurl and turn green in the presence of moisture.  Other species are tropical [[forest]] plants that appear at first glance to be [[fern]]s.
    
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Image:Spikemoss Selaginella Tamariscina curled up.jpg|Curled up ''Selaginella tamariscina''
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Image:Selaginella-wallacei.JPG|Wallace's Selaginella (''Selaginella wallacei'')
 
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
 
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
 
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