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Taxa
Selaginella
Nomenclature
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Order: SelaginellalesFamily: Selaginellaceae
Genus:
Selaginella
SUMMARY
Selaginella or commonly known as the Spike Mosses, are located in the genera of Lycophytes and belong to the family Selaginellaceae (Evert & Eichhon, 2013). There species of Selaginella which are native to Australia such as, Selaginella ciliaris. A distinct trait of this species is the abiltiy to 'reserrect'. This ability only occurs in certain species that are found in arid areas such as Texas, New Mexico and Mexico (Evert & Echhon, 2013). During dry periods the plant will dry out and coil into a brown ball, once water is available the plant will uncoil and become green again, this can be seen in Selaginella lepidoylla (Evert & Echhon, 2013).
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