Selaginella × neomexicana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Selaginellales
Family: Selaginellaceae
Genus: Selaginella
Species:
S. × neomexicana
Binomial name
Selaginella × neomexicana
Synonyms
  • S. mutica × S. rupincola
  • Bryodesma × neomexicanum (Maxon) Škoda

Selaginella × neomexicana, commonly known New Mexican spikemoss,[1] is a hybrid species of desert vascular plant in the spikemoss family Selaginellaceae.[2] First described by William Ralph Maxon, it is found in the south-western United States (Arizona, New Mexico and Texas).[2][3][4]

Selaginella × neomexicana is a non-flowering, sporulating plant that grows up to about two inches tall. It is treated as a hybrid, lacking megaspores and megasporangia. It grows on canyon rock from 1400 to 2000 metres in elevation.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "New Mexican Spikemoss (Selaginella X neomexicana) | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service". FWS.gov. Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed) (2019). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2019 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. TaxonID: 54114749. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Maxon (1920) , In: Smiths. Misc. Coll. 72: 2
  4. ↑ Hassler M. (2019). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World (version Nov 2018). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  5. ↑ "Selaginella ×neomexicana – FNA". floranorthamerica.org. Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
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