Selaginella dregei (C. Presl) Hieron.

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Selaginella dregei

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Mukuvisi Woodland, nr Blatherwick Avenue

Selaginella dregei

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Path from entrance gate to Great Enclosure, Great Zimbabwe

Selaginella dregei

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Near the lodges, Lake Kyle Recreational Park

Selaginella dregei

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Near the lodges, Lake Kyle Recreational Park

Selaginella dregei

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Near the lodges, Lake Kyle Recreational Park

Selaginella dregei

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Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve

Selaginella dregei

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Nyahokwe, Nyanga

Selaginella dregei

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Mount Chinaka, Jusliasdale

Selaginella dregei

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Along road from Mount Buchwa to Zvishavane

Selaginella dregei

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Besna Kobila

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Synonyms: Lycopodium dregei C. Presl.
Selaginella grisea Alston
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Description:
Stems creeping, branched, rooting freely, mat-forming. Leaves overlapping around stem and branches, monomorphic, 1.5-2.0 × 0.15-0.25 mm, greyish to greyish-green turning silvery grey when dry, narrowly oblong to lanceolate in outline, margins ciliate, tips tapering to a point, with a curved white hair-like seta, one third to a quarter of the length of the blade. Strobili rarely develop, 4-8 mm long, suberect, with sporophylls terminal in 2 ranks, broader and more lanceolate than the leaves, ciliate and tapering to a point.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: dregei: named after Johann Franz Drège (1794-1881), German horticulturalist, botanical collector and explorer who worked extensively in South Africa.
Habitat:
Worldwide distribution: Angola, Botswana, DRC, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Growth form(s): Lithophyte, terrestrial.
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Literature:

Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Page 22. (Includes a picture).

Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (1993). An annotated check-list of the pteridophytes of Malawi Kirkia 14(1) Page 81.

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 50.

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 32.

Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011). Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature Pages 80 - 81. (Includes a picture).

Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 15.

Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds) (2003). Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 Page 83.

Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 143 - 144. (Includes a picture).

Kornas, J. (1979). Distribution and ecology of the Pteridophytes in Zambia Polska Akademia Nauk Wydzial II Nauk Biologicznych Pages 31 - 32.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 10.

Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 25.

Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 22.

Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Page 23. (Includes a picture).

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 16.

Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 80.

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Botswana: Species information: Selaginella dregei.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=100120, retrieved 4 December 2024

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