Salvinia natans

TaxID: 42333

Basic Information

Salvinia natans

Eared Watermoss, Floating Fern

Salvinia natans (commonly known as floating fern, floating watermoss, floating moss, or commercially, water butterfly wings) is an annual floating aquatic fern, which can appear superficially similar to moss. It is found throughout the world where there is plentiful standing fresh water, sunlight, and humid air, but is especially common in Africa, Asia and central Europe. In New York State and Massachusetts, it is an introduced species.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Polypodiopsida

Salviniales

Salviniaceae

Salvinia

natans

nan

Photos (5 photos)

Salvinia natans
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(c) HermannFalkner/sokol@BY-NC
Salvinia natans
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(c) Dariusz Kamiński@BY-NC
Salvinia natans
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(c) zxchang@BY-NC
Salvinia natans
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(c) 新北市生態服務給付(上傳)@BY-NC
Salvinia natans
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(c) kingaanna@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 (1 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Timor-Leste Quarantine pests —

Distribution (55 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Algeria Present —
United Arab Emirates Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Azerbaijan Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present —
Belarus Present —
Brazil 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 (2 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR2103742 trophophyll - - 17349890 China: Shanghai
SRR6920697 young leaves - - 21276692 China: Shanghai

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature