Selaginellaceae

Selaginella phillipsiana (Hieron.) Alston

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

ssp368 map v1

Confirmed occurrences (?): Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda

Ecology

Found in the biomes (?): TM, TS, MG, DX

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): BSh, Aw, As, BWh, Cfa

Distribution across environmental gradients (?):

Elevation

20260120 ssp368 elev

BIO1 (annual mean temperature)

20260120 ssp368 bio1

BIO4 (temperature seasonality)

20260120 ssp368 bio4

BIO12 (annual precipitation)

20260120 ssp368 bio12

BIO15 (precipitation seasonality)

20260120 ssp368 bio15
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 (?): Somalia

References

Bondi, L, Prado, B, de Paula, LF, Rosado, BH & Porembski, S. 2024. Rethinking the relationship between desiccation-tolerant vascular plants and water deficit. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 1–19. doi.org/10.1080/17550874.2024.2328832.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77186914-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.j568ks

Source IUCN conservation status: x