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<mods:title>Seven new species of Selaginella subg. Stachygynandrum (Selaginellaceae) from Brazil and new synonyms for the genus</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Valdespino, Ivan A.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Salino, Alexandre</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Ceballos, Jorge</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="4453D591-C1A2-8498-67BD-8D94698FA730" authority="Valdespino" authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella blepharodella" order="Selaginellales" pageId="3" pageNumber="64" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="blepharodella" status="sp. nov.">Selaginella blepharodella Valdespino</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Selaginella blepharodella Valdespino. A Section of upper surface of stem B Upper surface of median leaf C Section of lower surface of stem D Lower surface of lateral leaf E Megaspore proximal face F Close-up of megaspore proximal face surface G Megaspore distal face H Close-up of megaspore distal face surface A-D taken from holotype, Moraes &amp; van der Werff 2933 (PMA) E-H taken from paratype, Ule 7298 (B)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.50.4873.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/45215" pageId="3" pageNumber="64">Figures 3</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Selaginella blepharodella Valdespino. A Section of upper surface of stem B Upper surface of median leaf C Section of lower surface of stem D Lower surface of lateral leaf E Upper surface of median leaf, note: cilium-like or tooth projection (a) and long cilia on outer base (b) F Upper surface of dorsal sporophyll, note: cilia-like or teeth projections on distal portion of midrib (a) A-F taken from paratype Ule 7298 (B). Selaginella thysanophylla A. R. Sm. G Upper surface of median leaf, note: stomata on submarginal and marginal regions on proximal 1 / 4 near outer base (a) and outer base tufted with long cilia (b) H Upper surface of ventral sporophyll G, H taken from Steyermark et al. 113322 (NY)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.50.4873.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/45216" pageId="3" pageNumber="64">, 4</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Selaginella blepharodella Valdespino. A Microspore proximal face B Microspore equatorial view C Microspore distal face D Close-up of microspore distal face surface E Microspore proximal-equatorial view F Close-up of microspore proximal face surface G Microspore distal face H Close-up of microspore distal face surface A-H taken from holotype, Moraes &amp; van der Werff 2933 (PMA)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.50.4873.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/45217" pageId="3" pageNumber="64">, 5</figureCitation>
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<pageBreakToken pageId="4" pageNumber="65" start="start">Diagnosis</pageBreakToken>
.
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="66">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella blepharodella" order="Selaginellales" pageId="5" pageNumber="66" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="blepharodella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="66">
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blepharodella
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from similar
<taxonomicName class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella thysanophylla" order="Selaginellales" pageId="5" pageNumber="66" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="thysanophylla">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="66">Selaginella thysanophylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
A.R. Sm. in its short- (vs. non-) stoloniferous stems, median leaves broadly-ovate to ovate-elliptic (vs. ovate or orbicular), 0.6-1.0
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.4-0.6 (vs. 1.4
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1.0) mm, with stomata on upper surfaces restricted to the midribs (vs. also on submarginal and marginal regions on proximal
<normalizedToken originalValue="¼">1/4</normalizedToken>
near outer bases), lateral leaves broadly ovate to ovate-oblong (vs. ovate or orbicular), 0.8-2.0
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.5-0.8 (vs. 2.0
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1.5) mm, and upper surfaces of sporophylls with long or short cilia along distal
<normalizedToken originalValue="½">1/2</normalizedToken>
of the midribs (vs. upper surfaces glabrous).
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="66">Type.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="66">BRAZIL</emphasis>
. Bahia: Ibicoara, [
<geoCoordinate degrees="13" direction="south" minutes="24" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="-13.4">13°24'00&quot;S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="41" direction="west" minutes="18" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="-41.3">41°18'00&quot;W</geoCoordinate>
], 26 Aug 2009,
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(holotype: PMA!; isotypes: HUEFS-n.v., MO!, UC!).
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="66">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="67">
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terrestrial or epipetric.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="67">Stems</emphasis>
decumbent to suberect, stramineous, 1.5-9.5 cm long, 0.3-0.4 mm diam., exarticulate, not flagelliform, short-stoloniferous, 1- or 2-branched.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="67">Rhizophores</emphasis>
axillary or axillary-ventral, restricted to bases of stems, filiform, 0.1-0.2 mm diam.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="67">Leaves</emphasis>
heteromorphic throughout, chartaceous, those on and above first branch of stems with both surfaces usually glabrous and those below the first branch of stems often with few, caducous cilia-like or dentate projections on the upper surfaces of the median leaves and sporophylls and on the lower surfaces of lateral leaves, upper surfaces green or brownish (when old), lower surfaces silvery green or shiny brown (when old).
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="67">Lateral leaves</emphasis>
imbricate, spreading or ascending, broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, 0.8-2.0
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0.5-0.8 mm; bases rounded to subcordate, acroscopic bases overlapping stems (more so on leaves below first branch), basiscopic bases free from stems; acroscopic margins broadly hyaline, especially along proximal ⅓ in a band 3-15 cells wide, the cells elongate and papillate parallel to margins, papillae in 1 or 2 rows over each cell lumen, long-ciliate along proximal ⅔ and short-ciliate to serrate along distal ⅓, basiscopic margins hyaline to greenish hyaline in a band 4-6 cells wide, the cells as on acroscopic margins, ciliate throughout or sometimes cilia absent from proximal
<normalizedToken originalValue="¼">1/4</normalizedToken>
-⅓; apices acute, tipped by 1-4 teeth or 2 or 3 cilia, especially on leaves below first branch; upper surfaces comprising quadrangular to rounded, sinuate-walled cells covered by 5-15 papillae, without idioblasts or stomata, lower surfaces comprising elongate, sinuate-walled cells, most of these papillate and idioblast-like, papillae in 1 or 2(-3) rows over each cell lumen, with stomata in 2 or 3(-4) rows along midribs and some along proximal
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of basiscopic margins.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="67">Median leaves</emphasis>
imbricate, ascending, broadly-ovate to ovate-elliptic, 0.6-1.0
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.4-0.6 mm; bases oblique, inner bases truncate, outer bases rounded and glabrous or these may also be ventricose (i.e., swollen) and each with a tuft of long cilia on leaves below first branch; margins broadly hyaline, especially the inner ones, in a band 5-15 cells wide, the cells elongate and papillate parallel to margins, papillae in 1 or 2 rows over each cell lumen, long-ciliate throughout or infrequently along only distal ⅘; apices gradually tapering into a long acumen, each acumen 0.1-0.3 mm, tipped by 2 or 3 cilia; both surfaces without idioblasts, upper surfaces comprising quadrangular to rounded, sinuate-walled cells covered by 5-15 papillae, with stomata along midribs, lower surfaces comprising elongate, sinuate-walled cells, without stomata.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="67">Axillary leaves</emphasis>
similar to lateral leaves.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="67">Strobili</emphasis>
terminal on branch tips, compact, quadrangular, 1.2-9.0 mm long.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="67">Sporophylls</emphasis>
monomorphic, without a laminar flap, ovate, 0.6-0.9
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0.4-0.7 mm, each with a ciliate keel along distal
<normalizedToken originalValue="½">1/2</normalizedToken>
of the midribs; bases rounded; margins hyaline, long-ciliate; apices acute, tipped by 1 or 2 cilia;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="67">dorsal sporophylls</emphasis>
with upper surfaces green and cells as in median leaves, except for the half that overlaps the ventral sporophylls, there hyaline with elongate, papillate, and slightly sinuate-walled cells, lower surfaces silvery green and comprising elongate, sinuate-walled cells (Fig.
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);
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="67">ventral sporophylls</emphasis>
with both surfaces hyaline to greenish, comprising elongate, sinuate-walled cells.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="67">Megasporangia</emphasis>
in proximal portion in 2 ventral rows;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="67">megaspores</emphasis>
light-yellow, rugulate-reticulate on proximal faces, reticulate on distal faces, with psilate-perforate microstructure on both faces, 200-230
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
diam.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="67">Microsporangia</emphasis>
in 2 dorsal rows and, in distal portion, also in 2 ventral rows;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="67">microspores</emphasis>
orange, verrucate-rugulate with granulate microstructure on proximal faces, broadly capitate to clavate (5B-D) or broadly baculate (if apices of projected elements broken off, Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Selaginella blepharodella Valdespino. A Microspore proximal face B Microspore equatorial view C Microspore distal face D Close-up of microspore distal face surface E Microspore proximal-equatorial view F Close-up of microspore proximal face surface G Microspore distal face H Close-up of microspore distal face surface A-H taken from holotype, Moraes &amp; van der Werff 2933 (PMA)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.50.4873.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/45217" pageId="6" pageNumber="67">5G, H</figureCitation>
) with reticulate-perforate and echinulate microstructure on distal faces, ca. 30-38
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diam.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="67">Habitat and distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="67">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="67">Selaginella blepharodella</emphasis>
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is presumed to be a local endemic of the Serra do Sincorá, Espinhaço Range, state of Bahia, Brazil, where it is known from only two localities, growing on sandy soil or overhanging from rocks at 1400 m.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="67" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="67">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="67">
The epithet of the new species derives from the Greek
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="67">blepharis</emphasis>
, meaning eyelash,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="67">ode</emphasis>
meaning similar to and
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="67">ella</emphasis>
, Latin diminutive suffix; this refers to the long-ciliate leaf margins that resemble miniature eyelashes.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="67" type="conservation status">
<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="67">Conservation status.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="67">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella blepharodella" order="Selaginellales" pageId="6" pageNumber="67" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="blepharodella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="67">Selaginella blepharodella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is known from only two collections in Serra do
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and may be expected to occur in places with similar vegetation types in the Chapada Diamantina region of the
<normalizedToken originalValue="Espinhaço">Espinhaco</normalizedToken>
Mountain Range. The Chapada Diamantina region and the
<normalizedToken originalValue="Espinhaço">Espinhaco</normalizedToken>
Mountain Range, in general, are still subject to anthropomorphic pressure, including low-scale mining (
<bibRefCitation author="Pedreira, AJ" editor="Schobbenhaus, C" journalOrPublisher="DNPM / CPRM - Comissa ̃ o Brasileira de Sitios Geologicos e Paleobiologicos (SIGEP), Brasilia" pageId="24" pageNumber="85" pagination="187 - 194" refId="B17" refString="Pedreira, AJ, 2002. Serra do Sincorá, Chapada Diamantina, BA: Beleza paisagística e paleopláceres de diamante, SIGEP 85. In: Schobbenhaus, C, Campos, DA, Queiroz, ET, Winge, M, Berbert-Born, MLC, Eds., Sitios Geologicos e Paleontologicos do Brasil. DNPM/CPRM - Comissão Brasileira de Sitios Geologicos e Paleobiologicos (SIGEP), Brasilia: 187 - 194" title="Serra do Sincora ́, Chapada Diamantina, BA: Beleza paisagi ́ stica e paleopla ́ ceres de diamante, SIGEP 85." volumeTitle="Sitios Geologicos e Paleontologicos do Brasil." year="2002">Pedreira 2002</bibRefCitation>
), subsistence agriculture accompanied by the slash-and-burn methods, and plant extraction for commerce (
<bibRefCitation author="Rapini, A" journalOrPublisher="Megadiversidade" pageId="24" pageNumber="85" pagination="16 - 23" publicationUrl="http://www.conservation.org.br/publicacoes/files_mega4/02_a_flora_dos_campos_rupestres_da_cadeia_do_espinhaco.pdf" refId="B20" refString="Rapini, A, Ribeiro, PL, Lambert, S, Pirani, JR, 2008. A flora dos campos rupestres da Cadeia do Espinhaco. Megadiversidade 4 (1-2): 16 - 23, http://www.conservation.org.br/publicacoes/files_mega4/02_a_flora_dos_campos_rupestres_da_cadeia_do_espinhaco.pdf" title="A flora dos campos rupestres da Cadeia do Espinhaco." url="http://www.conservation.org.br/publicacoes/files_mega4/02_a_flora_dos_campos_rupestres_da_cadeia_do_espinhaco.pdf" volume="4" year="2008">Rapini et al. 2008</bibRefCitation>
). Based on these threats and according to
<bibRefCitation author="IUCN" journalOrPublisher="IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, United Kingdom" pageId="23" pageNumber="84" refId="B10" refString="IUCN, 2012. IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria, Version 3.1. Second edition. Prepared by the IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, United Kingdom" title="IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria, Version 3.1. Second edition. Prepared by the IUCN Species Survival Commission" year="2012">IUCN (2012)</bibRefCitation>
categories and criteria, this species is tentatively considered vulnerable (VU).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="67">Additional specimen examined (paratype).</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="67">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="67">BRAZIL</emphasis>
.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="67">Bahia</emphasis>
: Serra do
<normalizedToken originalValue="Sincorá">Sincora</normalizedToken>
, 1400 m, Nov 1906,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="67">Ule 7298</emphasis>
(B, BM, PMA-fragment).
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="68" pageId="6" pageNumber="67" type="discussion">
<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="67">Discussion.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="68">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella blepharodella" order="Selaginellales" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="blepharodella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">
<pageBreakToken pageId="7" pageNumber="68" start="start">Selaginella</pageBreakToken>
blepharodella
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a member of subg.
<taxonomicName class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="(Stachygynandrum)" order="Selaginellales" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Stachygynandrum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">Stachygynandrum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and is defined here in a broad sense to encompass the morphological variability found within the two collections examined. In general, this species is characterized by long-ciliate leaves with broadly hyaline margins, lateral leaves imbricate, spreading to ascending with lower surfaces almost completely comprising elongate, papillate, sinuate-walled cells with papillae in 1-3 rows over cell lumina and stomata in 2 or 3(-4) rows along midribs amidst shortly elongate, sinuate-walled cells, and median leaves with apices ending in 2 or 3 cilia (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Selaginella blepharodella Valdespino. A Section of upper surface of stem B Upper surface of median leaf C Section of lower surface of stem D Lower surface of lateral leaf E Megaspore proximal face F Close-up of megaspore proximal face surface G Megaspore distal face H Close-up of megaspore distal face surface A-D taken from holotype, Moraes &amp; van der Werff 2933 (PMA) E-H taken from paratype, Ule 7298 (B)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.50.4873.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/45215" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">3</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Selaginella blepharodella Valdespino. A Section of upper surface of stem B Upper surface of median leaf C Section of lower surface of stem D Lower surface of lateral leaf E Upper surface of median leaf, note: cilium-like or tooth projection (a) and long cilia on outer base (b) F Upper surface of dorsal sporophyll, note: cilia-like or teeth projections on distal portion of midrib (a) A-F taken from paratype Ule 7298 (B). Selaginella thysanophylla A. R. Sm. G Upper surface of median leaf, note: stomata on submarginal and marginal regions on proximal 1 / 4 near outer base (a) and outer base tufted with long cilia (b) H Upper surface of ventral sporophyll G, H taken from Steyermark et al. 113322 (NY)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.50.4873.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/45216" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">4</figureCitation>
). The type collection (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">Moraes &amp; van der Werff 2933</emphasis>
) has stems more than 3 cm tall, is 2- or 3-brached, and has lateral leaves mostly spreading to ascending and imbricate at branch tips (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Selaginella blepharodella Valdespino. A Section of upper surface of stem B Upper surface of median leaf C Section of lower surface of stem D Lower surface of lateral leaf E Megaspore proximal face F Close-up of megaspore proximal face surface G Megaspore distal face H Close-up of megaspore distal face surface A-D taken from holotype, Moraes &amp; van der Werff 2933 (PMA) E-H taken from paratype, Ule 7298 (B)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.50.4873.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/45215" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">3</figureCitation>
), whereas the paratype (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">Ule 7298</emphasis>
) is a much smaller plant to 3 cm tall, is 1- or 2-branched, and has lateral leaves imbricate throughout (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Selaginella blepharodella Valdespino. A Section of upper surface of stem B Upper surface of median leaf C Section of lower surface of stem D Lower surface of lateral leaf E Upper surface of median leaf, note: cilium-like or tooth projection (a) and long cilia on outer base (b) F Upper surface of dorsal sporophyll, note: cilia-like or teeth projections on distal portion of midrib (a) A-F taken from paratype Ule 7298 (B). Selaginella thysanophylla A. R. Sm. G Upper surface of median leaf, note: stomata on submarginal and marginal regions on proximal 1 / 4 near outer base (a) and outer base tufted with long cilia (b) H Upper surface of ventral sporophyll G, H taken from Steyermark et al. 113322 (NY)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.50.4873.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/45216" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">4</figureCitation>
). In both specimens, the leaves below the first branch tend to be more imbricate, have wider hyaline margins and longer marginal cilia, and the outer bases of the median leaves may be ventricose and with a tuft of long cilia (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Selaginella blepharodella Valdespino. A Section of upper surface of stem B Upper surface of median leaf C Section of lower surface of stem D Lower surface of lateral leaf E Upper surface of median leaf, note: cilium-like or tooth projection (a) and long cilia on outer base (b) F Upper surface of dorsal sporophyll, note: cilia-like or teeth projections on distal portion of midrib (a) A-F taken from paratype Ule 7298 (B). Selaginella thysanophylla A. R. Sm. G Upper surface of median leaf, note: stomata on submarginal and marginal regions on proximal 1 / 4 near outer base (a) and outer base tufted with long cilia (b) H Upper surface of ventral sporophyll G, H taken from Steyermark et al. 113322 (NY)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.50.4873.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/45216" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">4E</figureCitation>
). Additionally, below the first branch, they may have scarce and caducous cilia-like projections on the upper surfaces of the median leaves and sporophylls (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Selaginella blepharodella Valdespino. A Section of upper surface of stem B Upper surface of median leaf C Section of lower surface of stem D Lower surface of lateral leaf E Upper surface of median leaf, note: cilium-like or tooth projection (a) and long cilia on outer base (b) F Upper surface of dorsal sporophyll, note: cilia-like or teeth projections on distal portion of midrib (a) A-F taken from paratype Ule 7298 (B). Selaginella thysanophylla A. R. Sm. G Upper surface of median leaf, note: stomata on submarginal and marginal regions on proximal 1 / 4 near outer base (a) and outer base tufted with long cilia (b) H Upper surface of ventral sporophyll G, H taken from Steyermark et al. 113322 (NY)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.50.4873.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/45216" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">4E, F</figureCitation>
) and on the lower surfaces of lateral leaves. In these characters,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella blepharodella" order="Selaginellales" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="blepharodella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">Selaginella blepharodella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, especially the paratype, is similar and perhaps related to
<taxonomicName class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella thysanophylla" order="Selaginellales" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="thysanophylla">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">Selaginella thysanophylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Venezuela (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Selaginella blepharodella Valdespino. A Section of upper surface of stem B Upper surface of median leaf C Section of lower surface of stem D Lower surface of lateral leaf E Upper surface of median leaf, note: cilium-like or tooth projection (a) and long cilia on outer base (b) F Upper surface of dorsal sporophyll, note: cilia-like or teeth projections on distal portion of midrib (a) A-F taken from paratype Ule 7298 (B). Selaginella thysanophylla A. R. Sm. G Upper surface of median leaf, note: stomata on submarginal and marginal regions on proximal 1 / 4 near outer base (a) and outer base tufted with long cilia (b) H Upper surface of ventral sporophyll G, H taken from Steyermark et al. 113322 (NY)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.50.4873.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/45216" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">4G</figureCitation>
). These two species also share similar megaspore color; however
<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella blepharodella" order="Selaginellales" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="blepharodella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">Selaginella blepharodella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be separated from
<taxonomicName class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella thysanophylla" order="Selaginellales" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="thysanophylla">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">Selaginella thysanophylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the characters discussed in the diagnosis.
<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella blepharodella" order="Selaginellales" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="blepharodella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">Selaginella blepharodella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs further from
<taxonomicName class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella thysanophylla" order="Selaginellales" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="thysanophylla">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">Selaginella thysanophylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having megaspores 200-230 (vs. 150-200)
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
, lateral leaves with acute (vs. rounded to subacute) apices, median leaves with the inner margins hyaline in a band 5-15 (vs. 20-25) cells wide at least along proximal ⅓ with long-acuminate (vs. apiculate) apices, each acumen 0.1-0.3 (vs. acumen 0.05-0.1) mm, and sporophyll apices each tipped by 2 cilia (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Selaginella blepharodella Valdespino. A Section of upper surface of stem B Upper surface of median leaf C Section of lower surface of stem D Lower surface of lateral leaf E Upper surface of median leaf, note: cilium-like or tooth projection (a) and long cilia on outer base (b) F Upper surface of dorsal sporophyll, note: cilia-like or teeth projections on distal portion of midrib (a) A-F taken from paratype Ule 7298 (B). Selaginella thysanophylla A. R. Sm. G Upper surface of median leaf, note: stomata on submarginal and marginal regions on proximal 1 / 4 near outer base (a) and outer base tufted with long cilia (b) H Upper surface of ventral sporophyll G, H taken from Steyermark et al. 113322 (NY)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.50.4873.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/45216" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">4F</figureCitation>
) [vs. 2 teeth; (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Selaginella blepharodella Valdespino. A Section of upper surface of stem B Upper surface of median leaf C Section of lower surface of stem D Lower surface of lateral leaf E Upper surface of median leaf, note: cilium-like or tooth projection (a) and long cilia on outer base (b) F Upper surface of dorsal sporophyll, note: cilia-like or teeth projections on distal portion of midrib (a) A-F taken from paratype Ule 7298 (B). Selaginella thysanophylla A. R. Sm. G Upper surface of median leaf, note: stomata on submarginal and marginal regions on proximal 1 / 4 near outer base (a) and outer base tufted with long cilia (b) H Upper surface of ventral sporophyll G, H taken from Steyermark et al. 113322 (NY)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.50.4873.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/45216" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">4H</figureCitation>
)].
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="68">
In Brazil,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella blepharodella" order="Selaginellales" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="blepharodella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">Selaginella blepharodella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
does not seem to have close relatives, but it shares some characters, e.g., hyaline and ciliate leaf margins, with the newly described
<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella mucugensis" order="Selaginellales" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="mucugensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">Selaginella mucugensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella crinita" order="Selaginellales" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="crinita">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">Selaginella crinita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(which see for comparison).
</paragraph>
<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="963567" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.50.4873.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/45215" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="68">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">Figure 3.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella blepharodella" order="Selaginellales" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="blepharodella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">Selaginella blepharodella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Valdespino.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">A</emphasis>
Section of upper surface of stem
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">B</emphasis>
Upper surface of median leaf
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">C</emphasis>
Section of lower surface of stem
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">D</emphasis>
Lower surface of lateral leaf
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">E</emphasis>
Megaspore proximal face
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">F</emphasis>
Close-up of megaspore proximal face surface
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">G</emphasis>
Megaspore distal face
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">H</emphasis>
Close-up of megaspore distal face surface
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">A-D</emphasis>
taken from holotype,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">Moraes &amp; van der Werff 2933</emphasis>
(PMA)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">E-H</emphasis>
taken from paratype,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">Ule 7298</emphasis>
(B).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="963569" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.50.4873.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/45216" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="68">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">Figure 4.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella blepharodella" order="Selaginellales" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="blepharodella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">Selaginella blepharodella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Valdespino.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">A</emphasis>
Section of upper surface of stem
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">B</emphasis>
Upper surface of median leaf
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">C</emphasis>
Section of lower surface of stem
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">D</emphasis>
Lower surface of lateral leaf
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">E</emphasis>
Upper surface of median leaf, note: cilium-like or tooth projection (a) and long cilia on outer base (b)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">F</emphasis>
Upper surface of dorsal sporophyll, note: cilia-like or teeth projections on distal portion of midrib (a)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">A-F</emphasis>
taken from paratype
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">Ule 7298</emphasis>
(B).
<taxonomicName class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella thysanophylla" order="Selaginellales" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="thysanophylla">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">Selaginella thysanophylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
A.R. Sm.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">G</emphasis>
Upper surface of median leaf, note: stomata on submarginal and marginal regions on proximal
<normalizedToken originalValue="¼">1/4</normalizedToken>
near outer base (a) and outer base tufted with long cilia (b)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">H</emphasis>
Upper surface of ventral sporophyll
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">G, H</emphasis>
taken from
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">Steyermark et al. 113322</emphasis>
(NY).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="963571" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.50.4873.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/45217" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="68">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">Figure 5.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella blepharodella" order="Selaginellales" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="blepharodella">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">Selaginella blepharodella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Valdespino.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">A</emphasis>
Microspore proximal face
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">B</emphasis>
Microspore equatorial view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">C</emphasis>
Microspore distal face
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">D</emphasis>
Close-up of microspore distal face surface
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">E</emphasis>
Microspore proximal-equatorial view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">F</emphasis>
Close-up of microspore proximal face surface
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">G</emphasis>
Microspore distal face
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">H</emphasis>
Close-up of microspore distal face surface
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">A-H</emphasis>
taken from holotype,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="68">Moraes &amp; van der Werff 2933</emphasis>
(PMA).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>