Abstract

Selaginella crassipes is previously known as an endemic species to Sri Lanka (Ceylon). In this paper, it is recorded, for the first time, from different localities of Maharashtra state of India. S. crassipes closely related with S. proniflora but it differs in number of morphological characters such as habit, margin of lateral leaves, length of arista of median leaves, ornamentation of spores etc. Taxonomic description of the species based on the observation under the light microscope and SEM is provided.

中文摘要

Selaginella crassipes原為斯里蘭卡之特有種，本文首次發現了此種在印度馬哈拉斯特拉邦的分佈紀錄。S. crassipes和同屬的S. proniflora非常相似，但仍有許多特徵存在差異，如習性、側葉的邊緣、中葉刺狀物的長度以及孢子表面飾紋…等都是可分辨的特徵。本文也提供了利用光學顯微鏡和電子顯微鏡觀察此物種下的描述。

Keyword: India, Selaginella, Selaginellaceae, Sri Lanka.