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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Selaginella, genus Selaginellanoun

    type and sole genus of the Selaginellaceae; evergreen moss-like plants: spike moss and little club moss

Wiktionary

  1. selaginellanoun

    Any of a group of ferny plants of the genus Selaginella; spike moss

Wikipedia

  1. Selaginella

    Selaginella is the sole genus in the family Selaginellaceae, the spikemosses or lesser clubmosses, a kind of vascular plant. This family is distinguished from Lycopodiaceae (the clubmosses) by having scale-leaves bearing a ligule and by having spores of two types. They are sometimes included in an informal paraphyletic group called the "fern allies". S. moellendorffii is an important model organism. Its genome has been sequenced by the United States Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute. The name Selaginella was erected by Palisot de Beauvois solely for the species Selaginella selaginoides, which turns out (with the closely related Selaginella deflexa) to be a clade that is sister to all other Selaginellas, so any definitive subdivision of the species into separate genera leaves two taxa in Selaginella, with the hundreds of other species in new or resurrected genera. Selaginella occurs mostly in the tropical regions of the world, with a handful of species to be found in the arctic-alpine zones of both hemispheres.

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  1. selaginella

    Selaginella is a genus of plants in the family Selaginellaceae, which includes over 700 species of spore-bearing vascular plants often known as spikemosses or lesser clubmosses. They are commonly found in tropical and subtropical areas. They are characterized by their creeping habit, scale-like or needle-like leaves, and their production of spores.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Selaginellanoun

    a genus of cryptogamous plants resembling Lycopodia, but producing two kinds of spores; also, any plant of this genus. Many species are cultivated in conservatories

  2. Etymology: [NL., fr. L. selago, -inis, a kind of plant.]

Wikidata

  1. Selaginella

    Selaginella is a genus of plants in the family Selaginellaceae, the spikemosses. Many scientists still place the Selaginellales in the class Lycopodiopsida. This group of plants has for years been included in what, for convenience, was called "fern allies". S. moellendorffii is an important model organism, and its genome was sequenced by the United States Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Selaginella

    sē-laj-i-nel′a, n. a genus of heterosporous cryptogams, allied to club-moss.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of selaginella in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of selaginella in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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