Description originale
Cremers, G. & Boudrie, M. 2007. Two new species of Selaginella subgenus Heterostachys (Selaginellaceae from The Guianas). Fern Gazette, 18(2): 41-52.

 

Statut pour la Guyane française
Cremers, G. & Boudrie, M. 2007. Two new species of Selaginella subgenus Heterostachys (Selaginellaceae from The Guianas). Fern Gazette, 18(2): 41-52. [GF = N]

 

Date de publication : in Cremers & Boudrie, Fern Gaz., 18(2): 42-46, fig. 1-2. 2007 [17/01/2008, fide Tropicos & IPNI].

Distribution : Bolívar (Grand Sabana), Guyana (hte Potaro, hte Mazaruni, basse Essequibo), Guyane française (Petit Saut, Petite montagne Tortue) et Pará (Oriximiná); bords des ruisseaux et criques, 30-1000 m (Cremers & Boudrie 2007; Valdespino 2015; Góes-Neto et al. 2015; GBIF; Aublet2; Flora do Brasil 2020).  Il existe aussi une donnée récente et à confirmer immédiatement au sud de l'Amazone (Pará, entre Santarém et Alter do Chão, Almeida et al. 4543, BHCB-SL [det. A. Salino]).

Etymologie : "gyne, female or pertaining to female organs, and stachys, spike; referring to the mostly megasporangiate strobili found on specimens of this species." (Cremers & Boudrie 2007).

Type : Guyana, Upper Potaro River, vicinity of Kopinang village, 04°58'N 59°50'W, 670 m, 29/07/1989, B.M. Boom & G. Samuels 8939 (HT: NY00020662; IT: BRG).
Venezuela, Bolívar, Gran Sabana, ca. 10 km SW of Karauin Tepui at junction of Rio Karaurin Tepui and Rio Asadon (Rio Sanpa), 05°19'N 61°03'W, 900-1000 m, R.L. Liesner 23798 (PT: MO-1807643, UC).
Guyana, Upper Mazaruni, East bank of Waruma River, 20 km S of confluence with Kako River, 05°19'N 60°46'W, 1000 m, 11/02/1985, J. Renz 14188 (PT: U.1600570).
Guyana, Essequibo River of Porto Bartica, G.S. Jenman s.n. (PT: K).
Guyana, Macouria Riv., 11/1886, G.S. Jenman 2324 (PT: BM, K, US).
Guyana, Macouria Creek, Essequibo River, G.S. Jenman s.n. (PT: NY).
Guyane française, Petit Saut (Sinnamary), végétation ripicole forestière, 30 m, 12/02/1979, G. Cremers 5379 (PT: CAY028317, Z).