Plant Details

Accepted name:: Selaginella lepidophylla (Hook. & Grev.) Spring [Selaginellaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dinosaur plant	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
doradilla	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
false rose of jericho	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
falsk jerikoros	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
flor de pena	Other	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
flor de piedra	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
flower of stone	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
resurrection moss	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
resurrection plant	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
resurrection-plant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rose of jericho	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rose-of-jericho	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
siempre viva	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
stone flower	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant		Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
all		Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
whole plant		Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
whole plant		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lycopodioides lepidophylla (Hook. & Grev.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 826 (1891).
Lycopodium lepidophyllum Hook. & Grev. Icon. Filic. 2: t. 162 (1830).
Lycopodium nidiforme Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic.: 239 (1894), nom. illeg.
Selaginella rediviva Forrer ex Wittr. Acta Horti Berg. 1(8): 48 (1891).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Selaginella lepidophylla (Hook. & Grev.) Spring	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Selaginella lepidophylla (Hook. & Grev.) Spring.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
Selaginella lepidophylla Spreng.	Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
Selaginella lepidophylla Spring	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

The following online resources may contain further information about this plant. Please click on any link to search that resource. You may search using the accepted name alone OR using the accepted name and all of its synonyms simultaneously.

Search using just the accepted name

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

— Europe PubMed Central

Google Images

Google Scholar

Encyclopedia of Life

Search using all scientific names used for this plant:

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

— Europe PubMed Central

Google Images