Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Selaginella pygmaea

Selaginellaceae Willk.

Selaginella pygmaea (Kaulf.) Alston

, legitimate

, scientific

Alston, A.H.G. (1931), Notes on Selaginella.

Journal of Botany, British and Foreign

:

257

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Lycopodium pygmaeum Kaulf.

legitimate

Jermy, A.C. & Holmes, J.S. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Selaginellaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

90, Map 49

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Lycopodium pygmaeum Kaulf.

legitimate

misapplication: Selaginella pumilio (R.Br.) Spring legitimate by

Bailey, F.M. (1886), A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora Suppl.1

: 63

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue

:

21

[secondary reference]

common name:

Swamp Clubmoss

[n/a]

Short, P., Dixon, D. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2003), A review of the ferns and fern allies of the Northern Territory.

The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory

:

15-16, Fig. 2F-I, map

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Lycopodium pygmaeum Kaulf.

legitimate

pro parte misapplication: Selaginella uliginosa (Labill.) Spring legitimate by

Jermy, A.C. & Holmes, J.S. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Selaginellaceae.

Flora of Australia

48

: 89, Fig. 44, Map 48 misapplication: Selaginella uliginosa (Labill.) Spring legitimate by

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants.

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

96(4)

: 216 misapplication: Selaginella uliginosa (Labill.) Spring legitimate by

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory.

Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory

26

: 3

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Lycopodium pygmaeum Kaulf.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Selaginella sp. B

[n/a]

taxonomic synonym:

Selaginella sp. Pseudomys Hills (K.F.Kenneally 4033) WA Herbarium

[n/a]

misapplication: Selaginella pumilio (R.Br.) Spring legitimate by

Bailey, F.M. (1886), A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora Suppl.1

: 63 misapplication: Selaginella uliginosa (Labill.) Spring legitimate by

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae.

Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis

: 3

APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I.

Australian Systematic Botany

:

12-13

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Lycopodium pygmaeum Kaulf.

legitimate