identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
039587D8FF93D7340CE7A863FBA0EC60.text	039587D8FF93D7340CE7A863FBA0EC60.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Selaginella austrotibetica X. C. Zhang. A 2024	<div><p>Selaginella austrotibetica X.C. Zhang, sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs. 1A and 2) MfflṚffi (Zangnan Juanbai)</p> <p>Type. CHINA, Xizang, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=95.5&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=29.66" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 95.5/lat 29.66)">Mêdog</a>, on moss-covered rocky slope, 95.50°E, 29.66°N, altitude 2067 m, 22 December 2022, X. C. Zhang et al., 14089 (Holotype, PE!).</p> <p>Diagnosis. This new species is similar to S. sajanensis, such as creeping and slightly thick and shiny leaves, but distinct from it by having anisosporophylls, ventral and dorsal leaves that are ovate or broad-ovate, and an acute apex.</p> <p>Description. Plant epilithic, seasonally green, shortly creeping. Rhizophores restricted to lower part of stem, borne on ventral side in axils of branches, 0.1 mm in diam., 2.5-3.0 mm in length. Main stems branched throughout, terete, not sulcate, glabrous, branchlets sparse. Axillary leaves on branches symmetrical or slightly asymmetrical, ovate, 1.1-1.5 × 0.6-0.7 mm, slightly carinate, base exauriculate, margin entire in basal half, upward slightly ciliolate. Dorsal leaves slightly ascending, asymmetrical, broad-ovate, 0.7-1.0 × 0.6-0.8 mm, slightly carinate, base obtuse to rounded, margin denticulate or very shortly sparsely ciliolate, not membranous, apex acute, the distance between upper and lower two adjacent dorsal leaves are about 2.0 mm. Ventral leaves slightly ascending, asymmetrical, ovate, 1.0-1.3 × 0.6-0.8 mm, margin almost entire or denticulate, apex acute, and the distance between the upper and lower two adjacent ventral leaves is about 1.0 mm. Strobili solitary, terminal; sporophylls slightly dimorphic, dorsal sporophylls asymmetrical, broad-ovate, 0.8-1.3 × 0.5-0.7 mm; ventral sporophylls ovate, 0.8- 1.3 × 0.5-0.7 mm. Sporangia only borne on the ventral sporophylls in the few already drying and incomplete strobili, only microsporangia are found, micorspores yellowish orange.</p> <p>Distribution and habitat. Selaginella austrotibetica is known so far only from its type location in Mêdog County, Xizang, China, where it creeps on moss-covered rocky cliffs.</p> <p>Etymology. The specific epithet ‘austrotibetica’ refers to its location at South Xizang.</p> <p>Conservation status. Selaginella austrotibetica was found only in a small area with few individuals in Mêdog County, Xizang. Therefore, this species should be considered as Critical Endangered (CR), according to the IUCN Red List guidelines.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039587D8FF93D7340CE7A863FBA0EC60	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Zhang, Meng-Hua;Yang, Jie;Shalimov, Aleksandr Petrovich;Zhang, Jong-Soo Kang and Xian-Chun	Zhang, Meng-Hua, Yang, Jie, Shalimov, Aleksandr Petrovich, Zhang, Jong-Soo Kang and Xian-Chun (2024): Selaginella austrotibetica (Selaginellaceae), a new spikemoss from Xizang, China. Journal of Species Research 13 (1): 1-9, DOI: 10.12651/JSR.2024.13.1.001
