Salvinia auriculata

Salvinia auriculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Pteridophyta
Class:Polypodiopsida/Pteridopsida
(disputed)
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, 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]


References

  1. ↑ Salvinia auriculata. USDA Plants Profile.
  2. 1 2 "Salvinia auriculata". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). 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.
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