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Selaginellaceae
Bryodesma

not marked as a favorite taxon Bryodesma corallinum (Riddell) Weakley. Common name: Riddell’s Spikemoss. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Dry sands (longleaf pine sandhills, etc.), granite outcrops, sandstone outcrops, Altamaha grit glades. Distribution: E. and c. Georgia west to Arkansas, s. Oklahoma, and c. Texas.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: See Wilbur & Whitson (2005) and Weakley (2022) for an explanation of the nomenclatural change at species rank.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Zhou & Zhang (2023); Lycopodium corallinum Riddell; = Bryodesma arenicola (Underw.) Soják ssp. riddellii (Van Eselt.) Škoda; = Bryodesma corallina (Riddell) Weakley — Weakley (2022) in Weakley et al (2022), orthographic variant; = n/a — Sf; = Selaginella arenicola Underw. ssp. riddellii (Van Eselt.) R.M.Tryon — Ar, ETx1, FNA2, K1, NS, POWO; = Selaginella corallina (Riddell) Wilbur & Whitson — K4, TxFerns; = Selaginella riddellii Van Eselt. — Tx. Basionym: Lycopodium corallinum Riddell 1853

Links to other floras: = Selaginella arenicola ssp. riddellii - FNA2

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image #1 of Bryodesma corallinum© Alan Cressler: Bryodesma arenicola subsp. riddellii, Enchanted Rock, Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Llano County, Texas 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Bryodesma corallinum© Alan Cressler: Bryodesma arenicola subsp. riddellii, Broxton Rocks Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Coffee County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Bryodesma corallinum© Alan Cressler: Bryodesma arenicola subsp. riddellii, Enchanted Rock, Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Llano County, Texas 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Bryodesma corallinum© Alan Cressler: Bryodesma arenicola subsp. riddellii, Sandstone Bluffs, West Fork Deep Creek, East of I-75, Turner County, Georgia 4 by Alan Cressler source
image #5 of Bryodesma corallinum© Alan Cressler: Bryodesma arenicola subsp. riddellii, Sandstone Bluffs, West Fork Deep Creek, East of I-75, Turner County, Georgia 3 by Alan Cressler source
image #6 of Bryodesma corallinum© Bruce Sorrie | Original Image ⭷

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