Plant Details

Accepted name:

Selaginella lepidophylla (Hook. & Grev.) Spring [Selaginellaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information 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) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
false rose of jericho	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
falsk jerikoros	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
flor de piedra	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
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) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
resurrection-plant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 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 Plants (Wiersema, 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		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

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

synonym
Lycopodioides lepidophylla (Hook. & Grev.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 826 (1891).
Lycopodium lepidophyllum Hook. & Grev. Icon. Filic. 2: 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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Selaginella lepidophylla (Hook. & Grev.) Spring.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
Selaginella lepidophylla Spring	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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