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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.57.6489" ID-PMC="PMC4698516" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1314-2003-57-93" ID-Pensoft-UUID="FFE6FF86AC41FFF6FFCE3235FFCFFFFD" ID-PubMed="26752963" ID-Zenodo-Dep="576334" ModsDocID="1314-2003-57-93" checkinTime="1451251338037" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Valdespino, Ivan A." docDate="2015" docId="610BCFE6264D8E7C839C9DC397E19C16" docLanguage="en" docName="PhytoKeys 57: 93-133" docOrigin="PhytoKeys 57" docPubDate="2015-12-15" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.57.6489" docTitle="Selaginella neospringiana Valdespino 2015, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docVersion="7" id="FFE6FF86AC41FFF6FFCE3235FFCFFFFD" lastPageNumber="99" masterDocId="FFE6FF86AC41FFF6FFCE3235FFCFFFFD" masterDocTitle="Novelties in Selaginella (Selaginellaceae - Lycopodiophyta), with emphasis on Brazilian species" masterLastPageNumber="133" masterPageNumber="93" pageNumber="96" updateTime="1668141485647" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Novelties in Selaginella (Selaginellaceae - Lycopodiophyta), with emphasis on Brazilian species</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Valdespino, Ivan A.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Departamento de Botanica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Exactas y Tecnologia, Universidad de Panama, Apartado Postal 0824 - 00073, Panama</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:number>57</mods:number>
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<mods:identifier type="Zenodo-Dep">576334</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="127857598" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:610BCFE6264D8E7C839C9DC397E19C16" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/610BCFE6264D8E7C839C9DC397E19C16" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="99" pageId="3" pageNumber="96">
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="96">
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<taxonomicName LSID="610BCFE6-264D-8E7C-839C-9DC397E19C16" authority="Valdespino" authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella neospringiana" order="Selaginellales" pageId="3" pageNumber="96" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="neospringiana" status="sp. nov.">Selaginella neospringiana Valdespino</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="3" pageNumber="96">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Selaginella neospringiana Valdespino. A Section of upper surface of stem B Upper surface of median leaf C Close-up of base and proximal portion of median leaf, upper surface D Close-up of distal portion and apex of median leaf, upper surface E Section of lower surface of stem F Lower surface of lateral leaf; note marginal stoma (a) G Close-up of proximal portion and base of lateral leaf, lower surface; note marginal stoma (a) on basiscopic margin and on outer margin of median leaf (far, lower right) H Close-up of distal portion and apex of lateral leaf, lower surface; note marginal stoma (a). A-H taken from the isotype, Glaziou 11723 (PMA)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.57.6489.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/69721" pageId="3" pageNumber="96">Figures 4</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Selaginella neospringiana Valdespino. A Lateral leaf and portions of median leaves, upper surfaces; note papillae on cells lumen and stomata (a) along midrib of median leaf B Close-up of upper surface of lateral leaf; note papillae on cells lumen. A-B taken from the isotype, Glaziou 11723 (PMA)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.57.6489.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/69722" pageId="3" pageNumber="96">, 5</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Selaginella neospringiana Valdespino. A Megaspore, proximal face B Close-up of megaspore, proximal face C Megaspore, distal face D Close-up of megaspore, distal face E Microspore, proximal face F Close-up of microspore, proximal face G Microspore, distal face H Close-up of microspore, distal face I Microspore, equatorial view. A-I taken from the isotype, Glaziou 11723 (PMA)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.57.6489.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/69723" pageId="3" pageNumber="96">, 6</figureCitation>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="4" pageNumber="97" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="97">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="4" pageNumber="97" start="start">Diagnosis</pageBreakToken>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="97">
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<taxonomicName class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella neoespringiana" order="Selaginellales" pageId="4" pageNumber="97" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="neoespringiana">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="97">Selaginella neoespringiana</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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differs from
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Bak" authorityYear="1883" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella vestiens" order="Selaginellales" pageId="4" pageNumber="97" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="vestiens">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="97">Selaginella vestiens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Baker by the median leaves elliptic (vs. ovate or ovate-lanceolate), each 0.6-0.8
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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0.3-0.45 mm (vs. 0.9-2.0
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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0.4-1.0 mm) with bases rounded (vs. bases truncate or with the inner bases truncate and the outer bases auriculate or bases oblique), hyaline margins 10-30
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<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
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(vs. 100-180
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<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
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) wide and long-ciliate (vs. dentate to short-ciliate), each cilia 80-180
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<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
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(vs. 40-50
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<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
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), the lateral leaves ovate to ovate-elliptic (vs. ovate-deltate) with the upper surfaces glabrous (vs. with submarginal prickle- or tooth-like projections along basiscopic halves), the basiscopic margins entire on proximal ⅔ and denticulate along distal ⅓ (vs. dentate throughout), and sporophylls short-ciliate (vs. dentate).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="98" type="type">
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="98">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="5" pageNumber="98" start="start">Type</pageBreakToken>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="98">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="98">BRAZIL</emphasis>
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. Rio de Janeiro:
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Petrópolis">Petropolis</normalizedToken>
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, Morro de
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Cubiçado">Cubicado</normalizedToken>
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, Gularte area, [ca. 1650 m], 7 Jul 1879,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="98">A. Glaziou 11723</emphasis>
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(holotype: C!; isotypes: BM!, P [P01282486]-image!, P [P01282487]-image!, PMA! [PMA103270], US!).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="99" pageId="5" pageNumber="98" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="98">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="99" pageId="5" pageNumber="98">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="98">Plants</emphasis>
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terrestrial (or epipetric?).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="98">Stems</emphasis>
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ascending to erect, stramineous, 3-5 cm long, 0.05-0.1 mm diam., non-articulate, flagelliform on branches, stoloniferous, 1- or 2-branched.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="98">Rhizophores</emphasis>
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axillary, borne on proximal
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<normalizedToken originalValue="¼">1/4</normalizedToken>
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of stems, filiform, 0.05 mm diam.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="98">Leaves</emphasis>
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heteromorphic throughout, membranaceous, both surfaces glabrous, upper surfaces green, lower surfaces silvery green.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="98">Lateral leaves</emphasis>
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spreading or slightly ascending, ovate to ovate-elliptic, 1.0-1.4
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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0.5-0.7 mm; bases rounded, acroscopic bases overlapping stems, basiscopic bases free from stems; acroscopic margins hyaline (more conspicuously so on lower surfaces), in a band 2-8 cells wide with the cells elongate, straight-walled and papillate parallel to margins, papillae in 1 or 2 rows over each cell lumen, long-ciliate throughout, basiscopic margins greenish or slightly hyaline in a band 1 or 2 cells wide with the cells rectangular, straight to sinuate-walled and papillate parallel to margins, papillae in 1-3 rows, long-ciliate throughout; apices cuspidate to short-acuminate, cusps 0.05 mm, variously tipped by 1-3 cilia; upper surfaces comprising quadrangular or rounded, sinuate-walled cells, many of these covered by 4-17 papillae, without idioblasts and with stomata along margins, lower surfaces comprising elongate, sinuate-walled cells, with few of these papillate and idioblast-like on both sides of the midribs, papillae in 2 rows over each cell lumen, with stomata in 2 rows along midribs.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="98">Median leaves</emphasis>
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distant, ascending, elliptic, 0.6-0.8
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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0.3-0.45 mm; bases rounded; margins hyaline in a band 2-6 cells wide, the cells elongate, straight-walled and papillate parallel to margins, papillae in 1 or 2 rows over each cell lumen, long-ciliate throughout; apices long-aristate, each arista 0.1-0.3 mm, denticulate distally on upper surfaces, tipped by 1 or 2 teeth; both surfaces without idioblasts, upper surfaces comprising quadrangular or rounded, sinuate-walled cells, many of these covered by 2-17 papillae, with stomata in 1 row along distal
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<normalizedToken originalValue="¾">3/4</normalizedToken>
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of the midribs and some along proximal
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<normalizedToken originalValue="¼">1/4</normalizedToken>
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of outer margins, lower surfaces comprising elongate, sinuate-walled cells, without stomata.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="98">Axillary leaves</emphasis>
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similar to lateral
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<pageBreakToken pageId="6" pageNumber="99" start="start">leaves</pageBreakToken>
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.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">Strobili</emphasis>
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terminal on branch tips, quadrangular, 1.0-1.2 mm.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">Sporophylls</emphasis>
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monomorphic or the ventral ones slightly shorter, ascending, without a laminar flap, each with a slightly developed and glabrous keel along midribs, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 0.7-1.2
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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0.5-0.8 mm; bases rounded; margins hyaline (this more obviously so on dorsal sporophylls), short-ciliate; apices acuminate to short-aristate, each acumen (arista) 0.05-0.1 mm, tipped by 1 or 2 teeth;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">dorsal sporophylls</emphasis>
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with upper surfaces green and cells as in median leaves, except for the half that overlaps the ventral sporophylls where the surfaces are hyaline with elongate, papillate, and slightly sinuate-walled cells, lower surfaces silvery green and comprising elongate, sinuate-walled cells;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">ventral sporophylls</emphasis>
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with both surfaces hyaline, comprising elongate, sinuate-walled cells.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">Megasporangia</emphasis>
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in 2 ventral rows;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">megaspores</emphasis>
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yellow, rugulate-reticulate on proximal faces with a slightly developed equatorial flange and perforate microstructure, reticulate on distal faces with echinulate and perforate microstructure (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Selaginella neospringiana Valdespino. A Megaspore, proximal face B Close-up of megaspore, proximal face C Megaspore, distal face D Close-up of megaspore, distal face E Microspore, proximal face F Close-up of microspore, proximal face G Microspore, distal face H Close-up of microspore, distal face I Microspore, equatorial view. A-I taken from the isotype, Glaziou 11723 (PMA)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.57.6489.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/69723" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">6A-D</figureCitation>
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), 185-265
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<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
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.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">Microsporangia</emphasis>
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in 2 dorsal rows;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">microspores</emphasis>
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orange, rugulate on proximal faces with echinulate microstructure, echinulate or baculate on distal faces with echinulate microstructure (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Selaginella neospringiana Valdespino. A Megaspore, proximal face B Close-up of megaspore, proximal face C Megaspore, distal face D Close-up of megaspore, distal face E Microspore, proximal face F Close-up of microspore, proximal face G Microspore, distal face H Close-up of microspore, distal face I Microspore, equatorial view. A-I taken from the isotype, Glaziou 11723 (PMA)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.57.6489.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/69723" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">6E-I</figureCitation>
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), 24-30
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<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="973218" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.57.6489.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/69721" pageId="6" pageNumber="99" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="99">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">Figure 4.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella neospringiana" order="Selaginellales" pageId="6" pageNumber="99" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="neospringiana">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">Selaginella neospringiana</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Valdespino.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">A</emphasis>
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Section of upper surface of stem
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">B</emphasis>
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Upper surface of median leaf
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">C</emphasis>
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Close-up of base and proximal portion of median leaf, upper surface
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">D</emphasis>
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Close-up of distal portion and apex of median leaf, upper surface
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">E</emphasis>
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Section of lower surface of stem
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">F</emphasis>
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Lower surface of lateral leaf; note marginal stoma (a)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">G</emphasis>
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Close-up of proximal portion and base of lateral leaf, lower surface; note marginal stoma (a) on basiscopic margin and on outer margin of median leaf (far, lower right)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">H</emphasis>
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Close-up of distal portion and apex of lateral leaf, lower surface; note marginal stoma (a).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">A-H</emphasis>
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taken from the isotype,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">Glaziou 11723</emphasis>
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(PMA).
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="973220" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.57.6489.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/69722" pageId="6" pageNumber="99" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="99">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">Figure 5.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella neospringiana" order="Selaginellales" pageId="6" pageNumber="99" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="neospringiana">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">Selaginella neospringiana</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Valdespino.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">A</emphasis>
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Lateral leaf and portions of median leaves, upper surfaces; note papillae on cells lumen and stomata (a) along midrib of median leaf
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">B</emphasis>
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Close-up of upper surface of lateral leaf; note papillae on cells lumen.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">A-B</emphasis>
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taken from the isotype,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">Glaziou 11723</emphasis>
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(PMA).
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="973222" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.57.6489.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/69723" pageId="6" pageNumber="99" start="Figure 6" startId="F6">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="99">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">Figure 6.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella neospringiana" order="Selaginellales" pageId="6" pageNumber="99" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="neospringiana">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">Selaginella neospringiana</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Valdespino.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">A</emphasis>
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Megaspore, proximal face
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">B</emphasis>
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Close-up of megaspore, proximal face
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">C</emphasis>
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Megaspore, distal face
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">D</emphasis>
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Close-up of megaspore, distal face
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">E</emphasis>
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Microspore, proximal face
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">F</emphasis>
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Close-up of microspore, proximal face
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">G</emphasis>
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Microspore, distal face
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">H</emphasis>
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Close-up of microspore, distal face
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">I</emphasis>
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Microspore, equatorial view.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">A-I</emphasis>
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taken from the isotype,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">Glaziou 11723</emphasis>
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(PMA).
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="99" type="habitat and distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="99">Habitat and distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="99">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella neospringiana" order="Selaginellales" pageId="6" pageNumber="99" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="neospringiana">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">Selaginella neospringiana</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is known only from the type collection made in Morro de
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Cubiçado">Cubicado</normalizedToken>
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,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Petrópolis">Petropolis</normalizedToken>
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, Brazil. No information on the label exists as to its habitat, but in this region Campos de Altitude (highland fields or high-altitude fields) vegetation is common. The type collection was probably made at or around the peak of the Morro at ca. 1650 m and has some mosses associated with it; thus,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella neospringiana" order="Selaginellales" pageId="6" pageNumber="99" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="neospringiana">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">Selaginella neospringiana</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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may be terrestrial or epipetric.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="99" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="99">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="99">
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The specific epithet honors Anton Friedrich Spring (1814-1872), a German physician and botanist who is the author of the only worldwide monograph of
|
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<taxonomicName class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella" order="Selaginellales" pageId="6" pageNumber="99" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">Selaginella</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
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. Spring described many species and proposed the first major classification of this ancient lycophyte genus. His contribution to our knowledge of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella" order="Selaginellales" pageId="6" pageNumber="99" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">Selaginella</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
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was significant. Therefore, it is fitting that this species collected at high elevations bears his name.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="99" type="conservation status">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="99">Conservation status.</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="99">
|
||
As mentioned,
|
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella neospringiana" order="Selaginellales" pageId="6" pageNumber="99" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="neospringiana">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">Selaginella neospringiana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is known only from the type collection made 135 years ago. It has apparently not been collected since, even though the area where it was gathered is visited by trekkers and adventurers. Taking this into account, this species is considered Endangered (En).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="99">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">Discussion.</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Alston, AHG" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany" pageId="19" pageNumber="112" pagination="233 - 330" refId="B2" refString="Alston, AHG, Jermy, AC, Rankin, JM, 1981. The genus Selaginella in tropical South America. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany 9: 233 - 330" title="The genus Selaginella in tropical South America." volume="9" year="1981">Alston et al. (1981)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
cited the type of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella neospringiana" order="Selaginellales" pageId="6" pageNumber="99" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="neospringiana">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">Selaginella neospringiana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
under
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bak" authorityYear="1883" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella vestiens" order="Selaginellales" pageId="6" pageNumber="99" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="vestiens">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="99">Selaginella vestiens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but as pointed out by
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Valdespino, IA" journalOrPublisher="PhytoKeys" pageId="21" pageNumber="114" pagination="61 - 99" publicationUrl="10.3897/phytokeys.50.4873" refId="B38" refString="Valdespino, IA, Heringer, G, Salino, A, Goes-Neto, LAA, Ceballos, J, 2015. Seven new species of Selaginella subg. Stachygynandrum (Selaginellaceae) from Brazil and new synonyms for the genus. PhytoKeys 50: 61 - 99, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.50.4873" title="Seven new species of Selaginella subg. Stachygynandrum (Selaginellaceae) from Brazil and new synonyms for the genus." url="10.3897/phytokeys.50.4873" volume="50" year="2015">Valdespino et al. (2015)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
they are morphologically different and can be separated by the characters discussed under the diagnosis.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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