Selaginella

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Vanuatu

• State/Province

  Tafea

• County/Municipio

  Aneityum Area Council

• Locality

  Aneityum Island. Edge of strand vegetation on small trail above coast, Anseaniplitae, NW part of Aneityum.

• Elevation

  Alt. 10 m. (33 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -20.2369, 169.799

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Flora of Vanuatu
(Selaginellaceae)
Selaginella distans Warb.
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Aneityum Island. Edge of
strand vegetation on small trail above coast,
Anseaniplitae, NW part of Aneityum.
S 20° 14’ 12.7"; E 169° 47’ 56.2"; 10 m elev.
Fern to 30 cm, cones green, turning yellow. DNA,
digital image. Duplicates: 6.
Michael J. Balick, #4919	April 19,2016
Gregory M. Plunkett, Thomas Doro, Jean Pascal Wahe
A collaboration ofNYBG and PVNH, funded by The Christensen Fund,
The National Geographic Society, and The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.
The Ethnobotany of Vanuatu
Michael J. Balick #4919
N.V. Ngemas [Aneityum]
leaf Use this plant to send a message to someone
that another person has died. Take 1 dried leaf, to
pass a message to another village or tribe. Hold
it in your hand and walk past a person. They will
know that someone has died.
New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
Source: Wopa Nasauman (M, 42), Thomas Japanesai (m, 48),
Dick Matenekea (M)	___