Selaginella imbricata

(Forssk.) Spring ex Decne.

عشيمة (رصن)

Saudi Nature ↗

Botanical profile & classification

Selaginella imbricata belongs to genus Selaginella and family Selaginellaceae.

Family: Selaginellaceae
Genus: Selaginella
Growth form recorded by Kew
Native range recorded by Kew: Ethiopia to NW. Namibia, Arabian Pen.

Kew / POWO ↗

Conservation & endemism

Endemic to Saudi Arabia: No; Kew native range extends outside Saudi Arabia
IUCN · global assessment: Not yet documented in this portal
Saudi national assessment: Not yet documented in this portal

Genetic resources

Resource	Availability	Documented publication
DNA barcode	Available	Available
Complete plastome	Not found in current inventory	Not found in current inventory

Specimen from outside Saudi Arabia

KT161486

rbcL · OM

Evaluation of Arabian Vascular Plant Barcodes (rbcL and matK): Precision of Unsupervised and Supervised Learning Methods towards Accurate Identification. Plants 2021, 10, 2741.

DOI · 10.3390/plants10122741 ↗ DOI · 10.6084/m9.figshare.12190965 ↗

Names & references

Selaginella imbricata (Forssk.) Spring

DOI · 10.34885/egs6-cp24 ↗ Saudi flora checklist ↗

An Illustrated Guide to the Flowers of Saudi Arabia

Sheila Collenette · 1985

PDF pages: 20, 462, 517

Selaginella imbricata

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Saudi Flora & Genomes (2026). Selaginella imbricata (Forssk.) Spring ex Decne.. WCVP 3138708. https://saudifloragenomes.org/plant/3138708/ (Accessed: 2026-11-07).

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