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7. Selaginella griffithii Springwfo-0001268311

Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10: 145. 1843; Alston in Fl. Indo-Chine 7(2): 574. 1951.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Main stems erect, sparsely bearing uniform leaves, 1–2.5 mm in diameter, elongate, stoloniferous; lateral branches many, close to each other, submonopodially bipinnate, glabrous. Ventral leaves oblong, falcate and narrowing towards acute apex, entire, asymmetrically subcordate at base, to 5 mm long, 2 mm broad on upper portion of the main stems, smaller in higher axes, close to each other except for the lower portion of the main stem, with distinct pseudoveins at both sides of veins; edges with narrow cartilaginous membrane, dentate, or ciliate near basal portion, often involute, texture soft papyraceous, dark green, paler beneath; dorsal leaves elliptic with long tails at apex, dentate at margin, smaller; stolons bearing leaves sparsely. Spikes usually 1 mm in diameter; sporophylls oblong-subtriangular, acuminate at apex, to 2 mm long, 1 mm broad, minutely dentate.

Thailand : SOUTH-WESTERN: Kanchanaburi; PENINSULAR: Krabi (Ko Lanta), Phuket (Khao Phra), Trang (Khao Chong), Satun (Khuan Kalong).

Distribution : S Burma (type), Indochina (Cambodia, Cochinchina), Malaya (Langkawi).

Ecology : Terrestrial on moist ground near streams in dense evergreen forests at lower altitudes.

Vernacular : Ya rang kai tua mia (หญ้ารังไก่ตัวเมีย)(Peninsular).