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 chrysoleuca Spring, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10: 226. 1843 . Range: — Panama ; Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia (LP). Ecology: —Fairly common; terrestrial in damp soil, on shaded slopes of ravines, and among mosses on rocks, in humid forests; 1100–1700 m . Notes: —A distinctive, erect species, with leaves that often have a bluish sheen (especially in young, unbranched plants). The branching is usually irregular and does not form a leaf-like plane. Plants may grow flat on the ground (but without forming rhizophores beyond the basal main stems) and are then often unbranched.