Selaginellaceae

Selaginella rupincola Underw.

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Arizona, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Texas

Ecology

Found in the biomes (?): TM, TD, TC, MC, MS, DX

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): BSk, BSh, Csa, Cwb, Aw, Cwa, Csb, BWh, Cfa, As, Cfb, BWk

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

Yu, R, Baniaga, AE, Jorgensen, SA & Barker, MS. 2017. A Successful in vitro Propagation Technique for Resurrection Plants of the Selaginellaceae. American Fern Journal. 107(2):96–104. doi.org/10.1640/0002-8444-107.2.96.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:232274-2

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.p34w5f

Source IUCN conservation status: x