Selaginella uncinata(Desv.) Spring

blue spikemoss

WFO wfo-0001109671 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Selaginella uncinata, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. a Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / 2021-10-22 / obs. 165029659
Selaginella uncinata, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164739558
Selaginella uncinata, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. c Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 148100487
Selaginella uncinata, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. d Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 125814840
Selaginella uncinata, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. e Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 92064784
Selaginella uncinata, photographed by Heather DeGaetano
fig. f Heather DeGaetano, CC0 1.0 / obs. 87421709
Selaginella uncinata, photographed by harum.koh
fig. g harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 10171616
Selaginella uncinata, photographed by Rafael Medina
fig. h Rafael Medina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 9652682

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Native range 5 botanical countries

Regions where Selaginella uncinata is native: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Myanmar, Vietnam China North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastMyanmarVietnam
Native distribution of Selaginella uncinata, 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
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Myanmar MYA ASIA-TROPICAL
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 9 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 uncinata (Desv.) Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou
  • Lycopodioides uncinata (Desv.) Kuntze
  • Lycopodium aristatum Roxb.
  • Lycopodium dilatatum Hook. & Grev.
  • Lycopodium uncinatum Desv.
  • Selaginella aristata (Roxb.) J.Scott
  • Selaginella caesia (Anon.) Kunze ex A.Braun
  • Selaginella caesia var. violacea A.Braun
  • Selaginella eurystachya Warb.

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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