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Selaginella andrewsii

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Family Selaginellaceae

Taxonomy: Selaginella andrewsii Jermy & J.S.Holmes

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Selaginella sp. (Tallebudgera Creek P.D.Bostock AQ545463) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Selaginella sp. D (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2023 (11), SPRAT_2025_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 11 traits from 15 records in 4 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): strobilus (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.1-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 0.55 mm (0.5-0.6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_ovate (1); oblong (1); ovate (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): oblique (1); rounded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.2 m (0.2-0.2 m) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_2023711Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
SPRAT_2025_211F. D. of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water. Species Profile and Threats Database. 2025. url: https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.