Selaginella kraussiana A. Braun 1859
Creators: name: Mingou, Paterne A. B.
name: Gueye, Mathieu
name: Bayet, Theophile
name: Cambier, Christophe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Lycopodiopsida
Selaginellales
Selaginellaceae
Selaginella
Selaginella kraussiana

description: Selaginella kraussiana (Kunze) A. Braun, 1859
Materials
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: IFAN 63162; recordNumber: PABM 0261; recordedBy: Mingou Paterne A. B. et al; occurrenceID: 8BE90795-7568-5157-B6FB-9DB3D9B06C36; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:90781-3; scientificName: Selaginella kraussiana; scientificNameAuthorship: (Kunze) A. Braun; Location: country: Senegal; stateProvince: Kédougou; locality: Southern part of the Dindefélo waterfall cliff, at 100 m high; verbatimElevation: 391 m; locationRemarks: label transliteration: " Kédougou, Dindefélo, 2019.09. 23, Mingou Paterne A. B. et al. "; [Kédougou Dindefélo 391 m, 12°21'54.3"N 012°19'30.1"W, 2019.09. 23, Lithophyte, Mingou Paterne A. B. et al.]; verbatimCoordinates: 12°21'54.3"N 012°19'30.1"W; decimalLatitude: 12.3651; decimalLongitude: - 12.325; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Mingou Paterne A. B.; dateIdentified: 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: climbing; eventDate: 2019.09. 23; habitat: Lithophyte; Record Level: language: fr; institutionCode: IFAN; collectionCode: Pteridophytes; ownerInstitutionCode: IFAN; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: IFAN 63163; recordNumber: PABM 0266; recordedBy: Mingou Paterne A. B. et al; occurrenceID: E1B7830E-7A33-5DA6-932D-4E6456B596E6; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:90781-3; scientificName: Selaginella kraussiana; scientificNameAuthorship: (Kunze) A. Braun; Location: country: Senegal; stateProvince: Kédougou; locality: Southern part of the Dindefélo waterfall cliff, at 90 m high; verbatimElevation: 385 m; locationRemarks: label transliteration: " Kédougou, Dindefélo, 2019.09. 23, Mingou Paterne A. B. et al. "; [Kédougou Dindefélo 385 m, 12°21'54.0"N 012°19'29.7"W, 2019.09. 23, Lithophyte, Mingou Paterne A. B. et al.]; verbatimCoordinates: 12°21'54.0"N 012°19'29.7"W; decimalLatitude: 12.365; decimalLongitude: - 12.3249; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Mingou Paterne A. B.; dateIdentified: 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: climbing; eventDate: 2019.09. 23; habitat: Lithophyte; Record Level: language: fr; institutionCode: IFAN; collectionCode: Pteridophytes; ownerInstitutionCode: IFAN; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: IFAN 63164; recordNumber: PABM 0271; recordedBy: Mingou Paterne A. B. et al; occurrenceID: C326944D-2F29-5C38-A17C-684EDBECE1E9; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:90781-3; scientificName: Selaginella kraussiana; scientificNameAuthorship: (Kunze) A. Braun; Location: country: Senegal; stateProvince: Kédougou; locality: Southern part of the Dindefélo waterfall cliff, at 80 m high; verbatimElevation: 376 m; locationRemarks: label transliteration: " Kédougou, Dindefélo, 2019.09. 23, Mingou Paterne A. B. et al. "; [Kédougou Dindefélo 376 m, 12°21'53.8"N 012°19'29.2"W, 2019.09. 23, Lithophyte, Mingou Paterne A. B. et al.]; verbatimCoordinates: 12°21'53.8"N 012°19'29.2"W; decimalLatitude: 12.3649; decimalLongitude: - 12.3248; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Mingou Paterne A. B.; dateIdentified: 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: climbing; eventDate: 2019.09. 23; habitat: Lithophyte; Record Level: language: fr; institutionCode: IFAN; collectionCode: Pteridophytes; ownerInstitutionCode: IFAN; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: IFAN 63165; recordNumber: PABM 0273; recordedBy: Mingou Paterne A. B. et al; occurrenceID: D9F0DF26-92CC-56DB-8D64-0A1AD53A220F; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:90781-3; scientificName: Selaginella kraussiana; scientificNameAuthorship: (Kunze) A. Braun; Location: country: Senegal; stateProvince: Kédougou; locality: Northern part of the Dindefélo waterfall cliff, at 50 m high; verbatimElevation: 376 m; locationRemarks: label transliteration: " Kédougou, Dindefélo, 2019.09. 23, Mingou Paterne A. B. et al. "; [Kédougou Dindefélo 376 m, 12°21'53.8"N 012°19'29.0"W, 2019.09. 23, Lithophyte, Mingou Paterne A. B. et al.]; verbatimCoordinates: 12°21'53.8"N 012°19'29.0"W; decimalLatitude: 12.365; decimalLongitude: - 12.3247; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Mingou Paterne A. B.; dateIdentified: 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: climbing; eventDate: 2019.09. 23; habitat: Lithophyte; Record Level: language: fr; institutionCode: IFAN; collectionCode: Pteridophytes; ownerInstitutionCode: IFAN; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: IFAN 63166; recordNumber: PABM 0275; recordedBy: Mingou Paterne A. B. et al; occurrenceID: 0CBDC4BD-4521-5116-87AA-E0E21AEEA6DD; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:90781-3; scientificName: Selaginella kraussiana; scientificNameAuthorship: (Kunze) A. Braun; Location: country: Senegal; stateProvince: Kédougou; locality: Southern part of the Dindefélo waterfall cliff, at 60 m high; verbatimElevation: 369 m; locationRemarks: label transliteration: " Kédougou, Dindefélo, 2019.09. 23, Mingou Paterne A. B. et al. "; [Kédougou Dindefélo 369 m, 12°21'52.0"N 012°19'25.6"W, 2019.09. 23, Lithophyte, Mingou Paterne A. B. et al.]; verbatimCoordinates: 12°21'52.0"N 012°19'25.6"W; decimalLatitude: 12.3644; decimalLongitude: - 12.3238; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Mingou Paterne A. B.; dateIdentified: 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: climbing; eventDate: 2019.09. 23; habitat: Lithophyte; Record Level: language: fr; institutionCode: IFAN; collectionCode: Pteridophytes; ownerInstitutionCode: IFAN; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: IFAN 63167; recordNumber: PABM 0283; recordedBy: Mingou Paterne A. B. et al; occurrenceID: 486C572D-BCE0-5E5F-B9DE-89C68AB069F2; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:90781-3; scientificName: Selaginella kraussiana; scientificNameAuthorship: (Kunze) A. Braun; Location: country: Senegal; stateProvince: Kédougou; locality: Southern part of the Dindefélo waterfall cliff, at 50 m high; verbatimElevation: 358 m; locationRemarks: label transliteration: " Kédougou, Dindefélo, 2019.09. 23, Mingou Paterne A. B. et al. "; [Kédougou Dindefélo 358 m, 12°21'53.4"N 012°19'27.7"W, 2019.09. 23, Lithophyte, Mingou Paterne A. B. et al.]; verbatimCoordinates: 12°21'53.4"N 012°19'27.7"W; decimalLatitude: 12.3648; decimalLongitude: - 12.3244; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Mingou Paterne A. B.; dateIdentified: 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: climbing; eventDate: 2019.09. 23; habitat: Lithophyte; Record Level: language: fr; institutionCode: IFAN; collectionCode: Pteridophytes; ownerInstitutionCode: IFAN; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: IFAN 63168; recordNumber: PABM 0289; recordedBy: Mingou Paterne A. B. et al; occurrenceID: 1A3C271E-CBB5-5AED-B64F-15E6A0C046F7; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:90781-3; scientificName: Selaginella kraussiana; scientificNameAuthorship: (Kunze) A. Braun; Location: country: Senegal; stateProvince: Kédougou; locality: Northern part of the Dindefélo waterfall cliff, at 30 m high; verbatimElevation: 327 m; locationRemarks: label transliteration: " Kédougou, Dindefélo, 2019.09. 23, Mingou Paterne A. B. et al. "; [Kédougou Dindefélo 327 m, 12°21'52.1"N 012°19'26.7"W, 2019.09. 23, Lithophyte, Mingou Paterne A. B. et al.]; verbatimCoordinates: 12°21'52.1"N 012°19'26.7"W; decimalLatitude: 12.3645; decimalLongitude: - 12.3241; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Mingou Paterne A. B.; dateIdentified: 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: climbing; eventDate: 2019.09. 23; habitat: Lithophyte; Record Level: language: fr; institutionCode: IFAN; collectionCode: Pteridophytes; ownerInstitutionCode: IFAN; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: IFAN 63169; recordNumber: PABM 0297; recordedBy: Mingou Paterne A. B. et al; occurrenceID: 248922BF-8ADD-5C17-B656-67136C49C522; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:90781-3; scientificName: Selaginella kraussiana; scientificNameAuthorship: (Kunze) A. Braun; Location: country: Senegal; stateProvince: Kédougou; locality: Southern part of the Dindefélo waterfall cliff, at 20 m high; verbatimElevation: 318 m; locationRemarks: label transliteration: " Kédougou, Dindefélo, 2019.09. 23, Mingou Paterne A. B. et al. "; [Kédougou Dindefélo 318 m, 12°21'53.2"N 012°19'25.5"W, 2019.09. 23, Lithophyte, Mingou Paterne A. B. et al.]; verbatimCoordinates: 12°21'53.2"N 012°19'25.5"W; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Mingou Paterne A. B.; dateIdentified: 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: climbing; eventDate: 2019.09. 23; habitat: Lithophyte; Record Level: language: fr; institutionCode: IFAN; collectionCode: Pteridophytes; ownerInstitutionCode: IFAN; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: IFAN 63170; recordNumber: PABM 0305; recordedBy: Mingou Paterne A. B. et al; occurrenceID: 0F3BF39C-D97C-57B5-B757-0B5CEF8C205F; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:90781-3; scientificName: Selaginella kraussiana; scientificNameAuthorship: (Kunze) A. Braun; Location: country: Senegal; stateProvince: Kédougou; locality: Southern part of the Dindefélo waterfall cliff, at 10 m high; verbatimElevation: 308 m; locationRemarks: label transliteration: " Kédougou, Dindefélo, 2019.09. 23, Mingou Paterne A. B. et al. "; [Kédougou Dindefélo 308 m, 12°21'52.9"N 012°19'27.3"W, 2019.09. 23, Lithophyte, Mingou Paterne A. B. et al.]; verbatimCoordinates: 12°21'52.9"N 012°19'27.3"W; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Mingou Paterne A. B.; dateIdentified: 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: climbing; eventDate: 2019.09. 23; habitat: Lithophyte; Record Level: language: fr; institutionCode: IFAN; collectionCode: Pteridophytes; ownerInstitutionCode: IFAN; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: IFAN 63171; recordNumber: PABM 0369; recordedBy: Mingou Paterne A. B. et al; occurrenceID: F744B4C6-8A78-5A6B-B952-6D9DBAA1252C; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:90781-3; scientificName: Selaginella kraussiana; scientificNameAuthorship: (Kunze) A. Braun; Location: country: Senegal; stateProvince: Kédougou; locality: Watercourse on the Bembou-Massa axis, towards Sabadola; verbatimElevation: 133 m; locationRemarks: label transliteration: " Kédougou, Bembou-Massa, 2019.09. 29, Mingou Paterne A. B. et al. "; [Kédougou Bembou-Massa 133 m, 12°51'26.2"N 011°53'14.6"W, 2019.09. 29, Lithophyte, Mingou Paterne A. B. et al.]; verbatimCoordinates: 12°51'26.2"N 011°53'14.6"W; decimalLatitude: 12.8573; decimalLongitude: - 11.8874; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Mingou Paterne A. B.; dateIdentified: 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: sweeping; eventDate: 2019.09. 29; habitat: Lithophyte; Record Level: language: fr; institutionCode: IFAN; collectionCode: Pteridophytes; ownerInstitutionCode: IFAN; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Description
Plant terrestrial (Fig. 1 A) mainly lithophytic, diffuse mat-forming. Stems widely creeping, dichotomous, flat, articulated, glabrous. Rhizophores on the upper side of the stems along the entire length of the stem, 1-3 mm in diameter (Fig. 1 B). Leaves dimorphic, delicate; lateral leaves almost perpendicular to the stem, green, well-spaced, lanceolate, 2-3 × 0.3-1.1 mm, base rounded, margin slightly transparent to green, toothed, apex pointed (Fig. 1 C); median leaves lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 2-2.5 × 0.2-0.7 mm, apex acuminate, base cordate and unequal, margins finely toothed. Strobili, solitary, with only one basal megasporangium, situated on short side branches, 2-25 mm; sporophylls toothed, strongly tapering towards the apex, base glabrous, marge denticulate, apex acuminate; megasporophylls larger than microsporophylls, in groups of four, lanceolate-elliptical to falcate-lanceolate; microsporophylls lanceolate to narrowly ovate-lanceolate.
Distribution
Distribution in Senegal: Kédougou Region (Fig. 2 B).
Distribution in Africa: Algeria, Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, DRC, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Sudan, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe (GBIF. org 2022 a) (Fig. 2 A).
Ecology
Selaginella kraussiana is found predominantly as a lithophyte at altitudes between 133 and 391 m a. s. l., on both sides of the Dindefélo Falls cliff, but it is more confined on the south side at almost all levels of the cliff at 100 m, 90 m, 80 m, 60 m, 50 m, 20 m and 10 m high and on the north side at 50 m and 30 m. The souhern part of the cliff is humid and very sunny, with few species of trees, unlike the northern part which is less humid and very sunny. On the Dindefélo cliff, S. kraussiana was found each time under plant cover in association with pteridophyte species such as Aleutopteris farinosa (Forssk.) Fée, Blotiella currorii (Hook.) R. M. Tryon, Dicranopteris linearis (Burm. f.) Underw. and Selaginella versicolor Spring, but also with byophytes and spermatophytes such as Dombeya quinqueseta (Delie) Excell, Mitragyna inermis (Willd.) K. Schum. and Raphia sudanica A. Chev. It forms a green carpet on the rock. It is also found on land on the banks of a river on the Bembou-Massa axis.
description: Published as part of Mingou, Paterne A. B., Gueye, Mathieu, Bayet, Theophile & Cambier, Christophe, 2024, First records of Selaginella kraussiana and Selaginella subcordata from Senegal (Selaginellaceae), pp. e 134350 in Biodiversity Data Journal 12 on page e134350, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e134350