Selaginellaceae

Selaginella helvetica (L.) Spring

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Amur, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Czechia-Slovakia, East Himalaya, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Mongolia, Nepal, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Ukraine, West Himalaya

Ecology

Found in the biomes (?): TM, MB, MC, BF, MS, FS, MG, MF, DX

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): Dfc, Cfb, ET, Dfb, Cfc, Dwc, Cfa, Csa, Dfa, Dwb, Cwa, Cwb

Distribution across environmental gradients (?):

Elevation

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BIO1 (annual mean temperature)

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BIO4 (temperature seasonality)

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BIO12 (annual precipitation)

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BIO15 (precipitation seasonality)

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Conservation

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025-2 (?): Not assessed

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1 (?): Not assessed

Data collection gaps

Botanical countries lacking appropriate occurrence records (?): Amur, Belgium, Buryatiya, Chita, Czechia-Slovakia, East Himalaya, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Mongolia, Nepal, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Qinghai, Taiwan, Türkiye, West Himalaya

References

Kessler, M & Siorak, Y. 2007. Desiccation and Rehydration Experiments on Leaves of 43 Pteridophyte Species. American Fern Journal. 97(4):175–185.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60454892-2

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.z4srkk

Source IUCN conservation status: x