Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. III. Selaginellaceae Author Smith, Alan R. University Herbarium, 1001 Valley Life Sciences Bldg. # 2465, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 - 2465 Author Kessler, Michael Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH- 8008 Zurich, Switzerland text Phytotaxa 2018 2018-03-16 344 3 248 258 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.344.3.5 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.344.3.5 1179-3163 Selaginella anceps (C.Presl) C.Presl, Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. , ser. 5, 3: 581. 1845 . Range: — Costa Rica to Venezuela , northern Brazil ( Valdespino 2015a ), and Bolivia (BE, CO, LP, SC). Ecology: —Locally common; terrestrial in humid forests, also in secondary habitats; to 700 m . Notes: — Selaginella lechleri Hieron. from Colombia to Peru , may occur in Bolivia . It differs from S. anceps by its basally denticulate ( vs . ciliolate) median leaves, and ascending to spreading ( vs . appressed) leaves on the main stems just beyond the first branches, so that near the axil of the first branch the stems and leaves are broader ( 4–5 mm vs . 1–3 mm wide).