“…Most of the species cataloged in this study are widely distributed in nearly all phytogeographic domain, such as Palhinhaea cernua (Amazon, Brazilian Cerrado, Atlantic Forest, as well as mangrove ecosystems), Selaginella erythropus (Caatinga, Brazilian Cerrado, Atlantic Forest,), S. simplex (Amazon, Caatinga, Brazilian Cerrado) (Bastos & Cutrim 1999, Azevedo & Silva 2001, Pietrobom & Barros 2003, Fernandes et al 2007, Maciel et al 2007, Conceição & Rodrigues 2010, Fernandes et al 2010, Prado & Sylvestre 2010, Barros 2013, Santiago et al 2014, Farias et al 2017, Prado & Sylvestre 2010, Silvestre et al 2019). The exception is S. conduplicata that, until now, was cited to Amazonia and Atlantic Forest in Northeastern (Ceará e Pernambuco) (Silva 2014).…”