Interesting Facts
Description
Genus Salvinia
Stems with many multicellular
hairs
. Leaves horizontally spreading
. Blades
of floating leaves green and pubescent
abaxially (on side away from water). Sporocarps
borne on chainlike or cymelike organs or submerged leaves; sporangia indehiscent, dispersed as units
when sporocarps decay.
Species ca.
10: mostly tropical
, North America, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, Eurasia
, Africa including Madagascar.
Leaf development in Salvinia is unique. The upper side of the floating leaf, which appears to face
the stem axis, is morphologically abaxial
(J. G. Croxdale 1978, 1979, 1981).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Moniliformopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997, Nom. Nud.
- Class:
Polypodiopsida
()
- Cronquist et al.
- Order:
Salviniales
()
- Britton, 1901
- Family:
Salviniaceae
()
- Lestiboudois, 1826
- water ferns
- Genus:
Salvinia
()
- Séguier, 1754
- Floating fern, water spangles [for A. W. Salvini (1633--1729), an Italian botanist]
- Specific epithet:
affinis
- Desv.
- Botanical name: - Salvinia affinis Desv.
- Specific epithet:
affinis
- Desv.
- Genus:
Salvinia
(
- Family:
Salviniaceae
(
- Order:
Salviniales
(
- Class:
Polypodiopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Moniliformopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : Desv. Publication : M?m. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 177 1827
Similar Species
Members of the genus Salvinia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
S. auriculata (Eared Watermoss) · S. biloba (Giant Salvinia) · S. cucullata (Asian Watermoss) · S. herzogii (Giant Salvinia) · S. minima (Eared Water-Moss) · S. molesta (African Payal) · S. natans (Floating Watermoss)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Dec 27, 2011.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9419459
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15833948
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17219790-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 17219790
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1405829
Footnotes
- "Salvinia". in Flora of North America Vol. 2. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
