Selaginellales

Translingual

illustration of one of the Selainellales, Selaginella selaginoides

Etymology

Selaginella +‎ -ales

Proper noun

Selaginellales

A taxonomic order within the class Lycopodiopsida – spike mosses, a type of club moss.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Lycopodiophytina - subphylum; Lycopodiopsida - class

Hyponyms

(order): Selaginellaceae - sole family; Selaginella - sole genus

References

Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

Further reading

Selaginella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Selaginellales on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Selaginellaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Selaginellales on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Selaginellales at the Tree of Life Web Project
Selaginellales at Encyclopedia of Life
Selaginellales at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Selaginellales at Tropicos
Selaginellales at Fossilworks

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