Selaginella remotifoliaSpring

WFO wfo-0001107425 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Selaginella remotifolia, photographed by chiuluan
fig. a chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-12-03 / obs. 171761139
Selaginella remotifolia, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170308457
Selaginella remotifolia, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. c Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 149159172
Selaginella remotifolia, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. d Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 130176139
Selaginella remotifolia, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. e Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111838793
Selaginella remotifolia, photographed by 葉子
fig. f 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 111337043
Selaginella remotifolia, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. g Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 84838155
Selaginella remotifolia, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. h Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 38462367

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Selaginella remotifolia is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Tibet, Assam, East Himalaya, Jawa, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sumatera, Vietnam China South-CentralChina SoutheastJapanTaiwanTibetAssamEast HimalayaJawaMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPhilippinesSumateraVietnam KoreaNansei-shoto
Native distribution of Selaginella remotifolia, 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
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
East Himalaya EHM
Jawa JAW
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Sumatera SUM
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Japan JAP
Korea KOR
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT

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 7 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.

  • Gymnogynum remotifolium (Spring) Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou
  • Lycopodioides remotifolia (Spring) H.S.Kung
  • Lycopodioides remotifolia var. japonica (Koidz.) Satou
  • Selaginella involucrata Warb.
  • Selaginella japonica Miq.
  • Selaginella kelungensis Hayata
  • Selaginella remotifolia var. japonica (Miq.) Koidz.

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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