Selaginellaceae
Electric fern
Selaginella longipinna
- Family
- Selaginellaceae
- Genus
- Selaginella
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Electric fern
Synonyms
- Chuselaginella longipinna (Warb.) Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou
- Selaginella flabellata F.Muell.
- Selaginella flabellata var. brevispica (Domin) F.M.Bailey
- Selaginella longipinna var. brevispica Domin
Photos
Photo: coenobita, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matthew Borella, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matthew Borella, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elias Freyhof, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matthew Borella, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: botanygirl, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matthew Borella, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Todd Huang, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: coenobita, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.