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Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983) The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria.
Roux, J.P. (2001) Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13
Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970) Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca
Description as for the family (only genus in the family) Derivation of name: selaginella: a small Selago, Linné gave this name to an angiosperm genus with similarly whorled leaves Worldwide: Worldwide distribution with about 700 species, most of them in the tropics. DRC: 22 taxa. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| afrorum (Milde) Hieron. | Description | |
| auquieri Bizarri[End] | Description | |
| buchholzii Hieron. | Description | |
| cathedrifolia Spring | Description | |
| chevalieri Hieron. ex Bonap. | ||
| congoensis Alston | Description | |
| dregei (C. Presl) Hieron. | Description, Image | |
| goudotiana Spring var. abyssinica (Spring) Bizarri | Description, Image | |
| kalbreyeri Baker | Description | |
| kivuensis Bizarri[End] | ||
| kraussiana (Kunze) A. Braun | Description, Image | |
| mittenii Baker | Description, Image | |
| molliceps Spring | Description | |
| myosurus (Sw.) Alston | Description, Image | |
| njamnjamensis Hieron. | Description | |
| perpusilla Baker | Description, Image | |
| shabaensis Bizzari | Description | |
| soyauxii Hieron. | Description | |
| tenerrima A. Braun ex Kuhn | Description | |
| vanderystii Bizzari | ||
| vogelii Spring | Description | |
| volubilis Alston | Description |