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 simplex Baker, J. Bot. 23: 293. 1885 . Range: —Western Mexico; Costa Rica ; northern Venezuela ; Suriname , Trinidad ; central Brazil to Bolivia (LP). Ecology: — Rare and probably overlooked, known from one collection in Bolivia : Williams 2657 ( NY ) ; terrestrial in semihumid to dry forests; 1800 m . Notes: —Most similar to Selaginella minima , differing by the greenish leaf and sporophyll margins ( vs . hyaline), by lacking stomata on the adaxial leaf surfaces ( vs . stomata usually present), and by yellow megaspores (vs. whitish).