Biology:Salvinia auriculata

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Short description: Species of fern

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

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]

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References

  1. Salvinia auriculata. USDA Plants Profile.
  2. 2.0 2.1 {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Salvinia auriculata | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 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) (in fr). Les espèces exotiques envahissantes de Nouvelle-Calédonie. pp. 17. http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers12-08/010052239.pdf. 

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