Selaginella hoffmannii

by Michael Sundue | Dec 13, 2014 | Lycophytes, New Collections | 0 comments

Certainly among the most handsome neotropical Selaginellas.

Collection data

Classification & Common Names

Class: Polypodiopsida
Family: Selaginellaceae
Genus: Selaginella P. Beauv.
Species: Selaginella hoffmannii Hieron.

Collection Data

Collection Date: 27-III-2014
Collection Number: 3624
Primary collector: M. Sundue
Collected by: M. Sundue F. B. Matos & R. Torres C.
Determined by: M. Sundue
Habitat: Bosque Mesofilo
Habit: Lithophyte
Specimen locations: MEXU, VT

Collection Location

Oaxaca, Mexico

General location: Rio Coyul
Country: Mexico
State or Province: Oaxaca
Municipality: Distrito Ixtlán Municipio San Pedro Yólox
Coordinates: ,
Elevation: 695 m

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About the Author

Michael Sundue

My field work is centered in Colombia, and Papua New Guinea. I am based at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E). If you have any ferns that you want identified, please send them to me!