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 sellowii Hieron., Hedwigia 39: 306. 1900 . Range: — Cuba ; central and southern Mexico ; Venezuela to Bolivia ( CH , CO, LP, SC, TA) and central Argentina ; eastern Brazil . Ecology: —Common; terrestrial in arid regions, often covering the ground in overgrazed dry forests, also on and among rocks; to 3700 m . Notes: —Leafy stems generally more slender than in S. peruviana and more bluish gray. The leaf bases are often decurrent on upper side of stems, and leaf tips are not curled when dry.