Selaginella intermedia(Blume) Spring

WFO wfo-0001276729 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–e · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Selaginella intermedia, photographed by Samuel Lee
fig. a Samuel Lee, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-23 / obs. 176905262
Selaginella intermedia, photographed by Nasser Halaweh
fig. b Nasser Halaweh, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60071359
Selaginella intermedia, photographed by Subir B. Shakya
fig. c Subir B. Shakya, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 11352163
Selaginella intermedia, photographed by Sebastian Doak
fig. d Sebastian Doak, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 40313444
Selaginella intermedia, photographed by Sebastian Doak
fig. e Sebastian Doak, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 40313995

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Selaginella intermedia is native: Borneo, India, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam BorneoIndiaJawaMalayaMalukuMyanmarPhilippinesSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnam
Native distribution of Selaginella intermedia, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Borneo BOR ASIA-TROPICAL
India IND
Jawa JAW
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Philippines PHI
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE

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 25 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.

  • Chuselaginella dolichocentrus (K.M.Wong) Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou
  • Chuselaginella intermedia (Blume) Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou
  • Lycopodioides atroviridis (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) Kuntze
  • Lycopodioides plumea (Spring) Kuntze
  • Lycopodium atroviride Wall.
  • Lycopodium atroviride Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.
  • Lycopodium cuspidatum Hook.
  • Lycopodium furcatum Roxb.
  • Lycopodium hymenophyllum Roxb.
  • Lycopodium intermedium Blume
  • Selaginella ascendens Alderw.
  • Selaginella atroviridis (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) Spring
  • Selaginella bimarginata Alderw.
  • Selaginella consobrina Alderw.
  • Selaginella pentaphlebia Alderw.
  • Selaginella plumea Spring
  • Selaginella pseudovenulosa Alderw.
  • Selaginella sibogana Alderw.
  • Selaginella sibogana var. subbinervia Alderw.
  • Selaginella similis Kuhn
  • Selaginella spuriemarginata Alderw.
  • Selaginella trinervia Spring
  • Selaginella vanvuurenii Alderw.
  • Selaginella venulosa Alderw.

and 1 more.

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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