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Selaginellales

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Description

Selaginella is the sole genus of vascular plants in the family Selaginellaceae, the spikemosses or lesser clubmosses.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)420https://www.gbif.org/species/420
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)55159https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=55159
Rankorder
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lycopodiopsida : Selaginellales
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Plantae : Pteridophyta : Lycopsida : Selaginellales
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
kingdomPlantaeHaeckel 1866
subkingdomEmbryophytaCrane et al. 2004
phylumPteridophytaHaeckel 1875
classLycopsida
orderSelaginellalesPrantl 1874
Scientific NameSelaginellales
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Selaginellalesorderbelongs to Lycopsidastated without evidenceKenrick and Crane, 1997
Selaginellalesorderbelongs to LycophytaimpliedTaylor et al., 2008
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (33%)
First Recorded Appearance365 - 347 Ma
Paleozoic
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. Kenrick and P.R. Crane. 1997. The Origin and Early Diversification of Land Plants: a Cladistic Study
Common Name(s) Spikemosses, Mosslummerartade, Mosslummerordningen, Moosfarnartige, Spike Mosses
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selaginellales

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Kossoviellaceae
family
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Miadesmiaceae
family
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Selaginellaceae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
702419 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
0 Ma
Extant
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Retispora
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4365 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Selaginellites
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1874Selaginellales Prantl pp. 116, 124
1997Selaginellales Kenrick and Crane
2008Selaginellales Taylor et al. p. 1028

References

Kenrick P., Crane P.R. (1997) , The Origin and Early Diversification of Land Plants: a Cladistic Study
Taylor E., Taylor T., et al (2008) Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants, 1-1230
Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., Xian-Chun Zhang, and Harald Schneider, 2011: A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns. Phytotaxa, vol. 19. 7-54. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Ruggiero M, Gordon D, Bailly N, Kirk P, Nicolson D (2012) The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th April 2012 (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Culham A., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Appeltans W., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
Kenrick, P.R. (1997) The Origin and Early Diversification of Land Plants: A Cladistic Study. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE. 10(4): e0119248. - via World Register of Marine Species
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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