Selaginella tamariscina




Family Selaginellaceae
Scientific name Selaginella tamariscina (Palisot de Beauvois) Spring
Synonyms Lycopodioides tamariscina (Palisot de Beauvois) H. S. Kung; Lycopodium circinale Thunberg; Lycopodium tamariscinum (Palisot de Beauvois) Desvaux ex Poiret; Selaginella christii H. Léveillé; Selaginella convolvens Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh; Selaginella involvens (Swartz) Spring forma major Milde; Selaginella involvens (Swartz) Spring forma minor Milde; Selaginella involvens (Swartz) Spring var. veitchii (W. R. McNab) Baker; Selaginella japonica T. Moore ex W. R. McNab; Selaginella japonica Veitch; Selaginella leveillei Kümmerle; Selaginella veitchii W. R. McNab; Stachygynandrum tamariscinum Palisot de Beauvois
Common name (Japanese common name) iwa-hiba [rock hiba (hiba = Thujopsis dolabrata)]
(English common name) resurrection fern
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Mongolia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, India
Chromosomal number 2n=18, 20
Description Rhizoid 10-20cm. Evergreen. Epiphyte or lithophyte.
Reference Selaginella tamariscina (P. Beauv.) Spring
Family Selaginellaceae, genus Selaginella; world species list.
Composition for preventing or treating acute or chronic degenerative prain diseases including extract of Selaginella tamariscina Spring (WIPO Patent WO/2006/001664)
Cosmetic composition and production thereof (US Patent 20060018867)
Hair treatment composition and hair cosmetic for damaged hair (US Patent 20060165636)



October 2007
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden
October 2007
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden
October 2007
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden