Selaginella tamariscina(P.Beauv.) Spring

WFO wfo-0000748162 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Selaginella tamariscina, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. a Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-09-04 / obs. 157748709
Selaginella tamariscina, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. b Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155707941
Selaginella tamariscina, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. c Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 139905760
Selaginella tamariscina, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. d Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 134055942
Selaginella tamariscina, photographed by 葉子
fig. e 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 117349802
Selaginella tamariscina, photographed by Henry Calilung
fig. f Henry Calilung, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 63726856
Selaginella tamariscina, photographed by Pieter Pelser
fig. g Pieter Pelser, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 29987562
Selaginella tamariscina, photographed by Pieter Pelser
fig. h Pieter Pelser, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 29906764

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Native range 17 botanical countries

Regions where Selaginella tamariscina is native: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam China North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanJapanManchuriaTaiwanJawaLesser Sunda Is.MyanmarPhilippinesSulawesiThailandVietnam KoreaNansei-shoto
Native distribution of Selaginella tamariscina, 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
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Japan JAP
Korea KOR
Manchuria CHM
Nansei-shoto NNS
Ogasawara-shoto OGA
Taiwan TAI
Jawa JAW ASIA-TROPICAL
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Myanmar MYA
Philippines PHI
Sulawesi SUL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE

Not drawn on the map: Ogasawara-shoto. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

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 17 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.

  • Lycopodioides tamariscina (P.Beauv.) H.S.Kung
  • Lycopodioides tamariscina (P.Beauv.) Tzvelev
  • Lycopodioides tamariscina var. ulanchotensis (Ching & W.Wang) J.X.Li
  • Lycopodium circinale Thunb.
  • Lycopodium tamariscinum (P.Beauv.) Desr. ex Poir.
  • Pulviniella tamariscina (P.Beauv.) Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou
  • Selaginella christii H.Lév.
  • Selaginella convolvens Alderw.
  • Selaginella involvens f. major Milde
  • Selaginella involvens f. minor Milde
  • Selaginella involvens var. veitchii (W.R.McNab) Baker
  • Selaginella japonica T.Moore ex W.R.McNab
  • Selaginella japonica Veitch
  • Selaginella leveillei Kümmerle
  • Selaginella tamariscina var. ulanchotensis Ching & W.Wang
  • Selaginella veitchii W.R.McNab
  • Stachygynandrum tamariscinum 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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