Selaginella aristataSpring

WFO wfo-0001043499 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Selaginella aristata, photographed by chiuluan
fig. a chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-26 / obs. 184875017
Selaginella aristata, photographed by chiuluan
fig. b chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183544154
Selaginella aristata, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. c Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174082469
Selaginella aristata, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. d Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 65713945
Selaginella aristata, photographed by chiuluan
fig. e chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183544105
Selaginella aristata, photographed by chiuluan
fig. f chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183547637
Selaginella aristata, photographed by chiuluan
fig. g chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179833748
Selaginella aristata, photographed by chiuluan
fig. h chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 117759695

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Selaginella aristata is native: Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Jawa, Maluku, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi TaiwanJawaMalukuMyanmarPhilippinesSulawesi Nansei-shoto
Native distribution of Selaginella aristata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Jawa JAW ASIA-TROPICAL
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Philippines PHI
Sulawesi SUL
Nansei-shoto NNS ASIA-TEMPERATE
Taiwan TAI

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 8 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Hypopterygiopsis aristata (Spring) Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou
  • Lycopodium philippense Willd. ex Spreng.
  • Lycopodium remotifolium Desv.
  • Selaginella aristata var. brevifolia Hieron.
  • Selaginella aristata var. kaudernii Alderw.
  • Selaginella aristata var. obtusifolia Hieron.
  • Selaginella circinalis var. aristata (Spring) C.Presl
  • Selaginella pickringii P.Beauv.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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