Selaginellaceae

Selaginella cochleata (Hook. & Grev.) Spring

Also mentioned in the literature as Selaginella brachystachya. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Sri Lanka

Ecology

Found in the biomes (?): TM

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): Af, Cfb

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 (?): None

References

Neeragunda Shivaraj, Y, Plancot, B, Ramdani, Y, Gügi, B, Kambalagere, Y, Jogaiah, S, Driouich, A & Ramasandra Govind, S. 2021. Physiological and biochemical responses involved in vegetative desiccation tolerance of resurrection plant Selaginella brachystachya. 3 Biotech. 11(3):135.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77186594-1

Source occurrence data: https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.749zvk

Source IUCN conservation status: x