Selaginella delicatulaAlston

WFO wfo-0001107423 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Selaginella delicatula, photographed by chiuluan
fig. a chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-31 / obs. 185543751
Selaginella delicatula, photographed by chiuluan
fig. b chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185541749
Selaginella delicatula, photographed by chiuluan
fig. c chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179373016
Selaginella delicatula, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. d 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162440397
Selaginella delicatula, photographed by chen ying-hsiao
fig. e chen ying-hsiao, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 152826268
Selaginella delicatula, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. f Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150392835
Selaginella delicatula, photographed by 雲一百香果
fig. g 雲一百香果, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 144299461
Selaginella delicatula, photographed by chiuluan
fig. h chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 139797932

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Selaginella delicatula is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanAssamBangladeshBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaLaosMalayaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSulawesiThailandVietnam Andaman Is.Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Selaginella delicatula, 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
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Sulawesi SUL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
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 23 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.

  • Didiclis delicatula (Desv.) Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou
  • Lycopodioides delicatula (Desv.) H.S.Kung
  • Lycopodium canaliculatum L.
  • Lycopodium chinense Lodd.
  • Lycopodium crassicaule Hook. & Grev.
  • Lycopodium delicatulum Desv.
  • Lycopodium mucronatum Hornem.
  • Lycopodium ovalifolium Desv. ex Poir.
  • Lycopodium pouzolzianum Gaudich.
  • Selaginella canaliculata Chittend.
  • Selaginella canaliculata (L.) Baker
  • Selaginella crassicaulis (Hook. & Grev.) Spring
  • Selaginella davaoensis P.Beauv.
  • Selaginella ouvrardii Schönborn
  • Selaginella ovalifolia (Desv.) Spring
  • Selaginella pouzolziana (Gaudich.) Spring
  • Selaginella pouzolziana f. angustiramosa Alderw.
  • Selaginella pouzolziana f. punctata (Hieron.) Alderw.
  • Selaginella pouzolziana var. brevifolia Hieron.
  • Selaginella pouzolziana var. philippinensis Hieron.
  • Selaginella pouzolziana var. punctata Hieron.
  • Selaginella punctata A.Braun ex Hieron.
  • Selaginella simulans Alderw.

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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