Salvinia auriculata

Salvinia auriculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Salviniales
Family: Salviniaceae
Genus: Salvinia
Species:
S. auriculata
Binomial name
Salvinia auriculata

Salvinia auriculata is a species of plant in the Salviniaceae known by the common names eared watermoss,[1] African payal (Malayalam: ആഫ്രിക്കൻ പായൽ), and butterfly fern.[2] It is native to the Americas from Mexico south to Argentina and Chile. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant and it has become naturalized in the wild in some places.[2]

This species is hard to distinguish from other Salvinia.[3] The plant varies in size depending on how crowded it is among other plants.[4]

This plant has long been known as an invasive species. It had infested the Zambezi River by 1949.[5] It is also considered invasive in New-Caledonia.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Salvinia auriculata. USDA Plants Profile.
  2. ^ a b "Salvinia auriculata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  3. ^ Salvinia auriculata. California Department of Food & Agriculture.
  4. ^ Coelho, F. F., et al. (2000). Density-dependent morphological plasticity in Salvinia auriculata Aublet. Aquatic Botany 66(4) 273-80.
  5. ^ Hattingh, E. R. (1961). Problem of Salvinia auriculata Aubl. and associated aquatic weeds on Kariba Lake. Weed Research 1(4) 303-06.
  6. ^ Hequet, Vanessa (2009). Les espèces exotiques envahissantes de Nouvelle-Calédonie (PDF) (in French). p. 17.
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