A short key to the California native selaginellas
While taxonomy can be interesting, often the keys that are employed can prove to be rather laborious and at times almost cryptic. I have found this to be the case with the keys to the species of Selaginella.
To counter the confusion of using current keys I have developed this very short and easy to use key to the species of the subgenus Tetragonostachys that occur within the state of California.
To view the one page key click on the link to the attachment.
Please note that I have revised the key on the treatment of S. hansenii as of March 22, 2012.
I have added a New Key which is more comprehensive than the Short Key and is designed to provide a more exact keying.
Last edited by terrestrial_man; 03-24-2012 at 08:52 PM.
Reason: Updated the Short Key of California Tetragonostachys and added New Key
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