Selaginella pygmaea
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Family Selaginellaceae
Taxonomy: Selaginella pygmaea (Kaulf.) Alston
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Lycopodium pygmaeum Kaulf. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Selaginella sp. (Cape York P.I.Forster PIF5502) (taxonomic synonym)
- Selaginella sp. B (taxonomic synonym)
- Selaginella sp. Pseudomys Hills (K.F.Kenneally 4033) WA Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Selaginella pumilio (R.Br.) Spring (misapplied)
- Selaginella uliginosa (Labill.) Spring (misapplied)
- Selaginella uliginosa (Labill.) Spring (pro parte misapplied)
Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (7), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (8), WAH_2022_2 (2), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 11 traits from 28 records in 8 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 1.27 mm (1-1.7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 0.41 mm (0.3-0.7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (2); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): scattered (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (1); herb (3); lycophyte (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.04 m (0.04-0.04 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTH_2023 | 6 | 8 | D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/. |
| ABRS_2023 | 6 | 7 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| NTH_2022 | 3 | 3 | D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 2 | 2 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 2 | 2 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |