New Zealand Journal of Botany abstract
B96071
Received 9 December 1996; accepted 23 April 1997
A concise account of Selaginella in Fiji
RHYS O. GARDNER
Auckland Museum
Private Bag 92018
Auckland, New Zealand
Abstract The seven species of Selaginella native to
Fiji are described and keyed. For herbarium material, the morphology of the
lateral leaves, including the distribution of cell types in the ventral
epidermis, provides the best taxonomic characters. Ornamentation of the
megaspores, and the colour of the microspores, are also useful.
The existence of hybrids between S. firmula and S. laxa is
proposed. The possibility that S. rechingeri and S. victoriae
differ only at varietal level is noted.
Keywords Selaginella; Fiji; Pacific Ocean islands;
taxonomy
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