| Family |
Selaginellaceae |
| Scientific name |
Selaginella involvens (Swartz) Spring |
| Synonyms |
Lycopodium involvens (Swartz) Kuntze; Lycopodioides pennula (Desvaux) Kuntze;
Lycopodium caulescens Wallich; Lycopodium involvens Swartz; Lycopodium
microstachyum Desvaux; Selaginella bellula Cesati; Selaginella caudispica
Alderw; Selaginella caulescens (Wallich ex Hooker & Greville) Spring;
Selaginella caulescens (Wallich ex Hooker & Greville) Spring forma
minor Hieronymus; Selaginella caulescens (Wallich ex Hooker & Greville)
Spring forma typica Alderw.; Selaginella caulescens (Wallich ex Hooker
& Greville) Spring var. belulla (Cesati) Hieronymus; Selaginella caulescens
(Wallich ex Hooker & Greville) Spring var. brachypoda Baker; Selaginella
caulescens (Wallich ex Hooker & Greville) Spring var. gracilis Bull;
Selaginella caulescens (Wallich ex Hooker & Greville) Spring var. japonica
(Moore ex McNab) Baker; Selaginella caulescens (Wallich ex Hooker &
Greville) Spring var. minor Milde; Selaginella caulescens (Wallich ex Hooker
& Greville) Spring var. minor Sandford; Selaginella caulescens (Wallich
ex Hooker & Greville) Spring var. subintegerrima Spring; Selaginella
homomorpha Klotzsch ex Milde; Selaginella involvens var. bellula (Cesati)
Hieronymus; Selaginella japonica hort.; Selaginella microstachya (Desvaux)
Hieronymus; Selaginella microstachya Warburg; Selaginella mindanaoensis
Hieronymus; Selaginella pachystachys Koidzumi; Selaginella peltata Presl;
Selaginella pennula (Desvaux) Spring; Selaginella pseudo-stauntoniana Pampanini;
Selaginella warburgii Hieronymus |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) kata-hiba [oneside hiba (hiba = Thujopsis dolabrata)] |
| (English common name) medicinal spikemoss |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Honshu (south of Miyagi Prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Malayasia, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=20 |
| Description |
Evergreen. Epiphyte or lithophyte. |
| Reference |
Selaginella involvens (Sw.) Spring |
