Selaginella chrysorrhizos Spring, Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique 24: 251 (1849) (syn: Selaginella lakkidiana Nisha, Nampy & Joby; Selaginella panchghaniana R.D.Dixit);
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Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO;
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Selaginella sp for id: 3 images.
Location: South-west Maharashtra, Western ghats.
My first impression is Selaginella chrysorrhizos. It is in that rather ticky group, anyway. But tomorrow when I get more time I will study it more carefully and see if I still think that. I did not know of S. chrysorrhizos from Maharashtra, but it is in M.P. and in Kerala, so could well (should!) be there.
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Thank you for the id, and your appreciation (though I don’t feel that I really deserve it- I have a long way to go before I can take much better, clearer photos that show the exact features needed for the id).
7 images.
Ah yes, I did already! Not to worry, I often get muddled with terms too!
Well the lighting is superb – most flash pictures don’t show things all that well, against a dark background.
What place was it from – like the nearest small town?
It is from Amboli ghat.
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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of peninsular India pteridoportal Researchgate
A taxonomic revision of the genus Selaginella (Selaginellaceae) from Nepal– Aleksandr Petrovich Shalimov, Yu-Dong Wu, Xian-Chun Zhang- Phytokeys 133:1-76