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 cavifolia A.Braun, Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. , ser. 5, 3: 272. 1865 . Range: —Andes from Venezuela to Ecuador ; Bolivia (LP). Ecology: —Rare; terrestrial and saxicolous on shady, humid river and stream banks, wet mossy rocks, roadbanks, or disturbed forests; 3000–3500 m . Notes: —Most similar to Selaginella moritziana var. moritziana , which has lateral leaves more acuminate, sporophylls narrower, and leaves thicker-textured, darker green. Differing from S. popayanensis , which has adaxial surfaces of lateral leaves hairy, and prostrate growth (vs. ascending habit). This species, like the next and S. novae-hollandiae , sometimes bears sobols near stem bases.