Phylogeny, character evolution, and classification of Selaginellaceae (lycophytes)

Classification of Selaginellaceae and responses to “Rebuttal to ‘(2943) Proposal to conserve Selaginella, nom. cons., (Selaginellaceae) with a conserved type’: An unwarranted and disruptive idea”

“…It is strange that Valdespino & al. (2024) cite here, but do not mention Zhou & Zhang (2023) at all.…”

“…(2024) is that they say, "since potentially segregated genera fail to reconcile monophyly […]" (page 573: Abstract). This is simply not true, because all genera recognized by Zhou & Zhang (2023) are phylogenetically monophyletic. In nowhere Valdespino & al.…”

“…In nowhere Valdespino & al. (2024) mentioned which genus/ genera recognized by Zhou & Zhang (2023) is/are not monophyletic. Only in paragraph 3 of page 577 these authors claim that "the earlier segregated genera of Selaginella mentioned by Wan & al.…”

“…(2023) consistently fail to reconcile monophyly and taxonomic diagnosability". These earlier genera by other authors were never adopted by Zhou & Zhang (2023) as originally circumscribed.…”

“…This is hardly a valid argument against the Wan & al. (2023) proposal or Zhou & Zhang's (2023) classification, as this new classification has only just been published and thus it is no wonder that most of all previous studies have adopted a single genus.…”