Selaginellaceae

Drège's resurrection fern

Selaginella dregei (C.Presl) Hieron.

Family: Selaginellaceae
Genus: Selaginella

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Drège's resurrection fern: Drege's Spikemoss ( Selaginella dregei ) in South Africa — Photo: Ryan Donnelly, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Afrikaans: Grys-opstandingsvaring
English: Drège's resurrection fern

Synonyms

Bryodesma dregei (C.Presl) Soják
Lycopodium dregei C.Presl
Selaginella dregei var. bachmanniana Hieron.
Selaginella dregei var. petersiana Hieron.
Selaginella dregei var. pretoriensis Hieron.
Selaginella dregei var. rehmanniana Hieron.
Selaginella dregei var. welwitschiana (A.Braun) Hieron.
Selaginella rupestris f. dregeana (C.Presl) A.Braun
Selaginella rupestris f. dregei (C.Presl) Milde
Selaginella rupestris f. welwitschiana A.Braun
Selaginella rupestris subsp. recurva (A.Braun) A.Braun
Selaginella rupestris var. recurva A.Braun

Photos

Photo: Ryan Donnelly, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Nic Knott-Craig, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Hildegard Klein, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kelly Abram, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Marianne Le Roux, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Hildegard Klein, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.