Salvinia auriculata

TaxID: 34166

Basic Information

Salvinia auriculata

African payal, Eared Watermoss

Salvinia auriculata is a species of plant in the Salviniaceae known by the common names eared watermoss, African payal (Malayalam: ????????? ????), and butterfly fern. 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. This species is hard to distinguish from other Salvinia. The plant varies in size depending on how crowded it is among other plants. This plant has long been known as an invasive species. It had infested the Zambezi River by 1949. It is also considered invasive in New-Caledonia.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Polypodiopsida

Salviniales

Salviniaceae

Salvinia

auriculata

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Salvinia auriculata
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(c) Guillaume Léotard@BY-NC
Salvinia auriculata
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(c) Renata Xavier@BY-NC
Salvinia auriculata
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(c) Guillaume Léotard@BY-NC
Salvinia auriculata
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(c) Guillaume Léotard@BY-NC
Salvinia auriculata
c
(c) Renata Xavier@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (4 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Jordan A1 list 2013
Sri Lanka Quarantine pests —
Seychelles Quarantine pests —
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (39 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Belize Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
Canada Present —
Switzerland Present —
Chile Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

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