Salvinia natans

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

Marsilea natans L. (basionym)[3]

Salvinia natans (commonly known as floating fern,[4] floating watermoss,[5] floating moss, or commercially, water butterfly wings)[6] 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.[5]

  1. ^ Allen, D.J. (2011). "Salvinia natans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T163996A5688211. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  2. ^  This species was first described and named in Flora Pedemontana 2. 289. 1785.; and in Bak. Hdb. 135. NPfl. 402. 1785 "Plant Name Details for Salvinia natans". IPNI. Retrieved May 9, 2011. Distribution: Eur. centr.-China bor.-India.
  3. ^ "Salvinia natans". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
  4. ^ Joyce McCauley (April 30, 2001). "Salvinia natans". Washington, Pennsylvanian: Washington and Jefferson College. Archived from the original on December 2, 2010. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Profile for Salvinia natans (Floating fern)". PLANTS Database. USDA, NRCS. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
  6. ^ "Salvinia Natans". It's a Fishy Buziness. Retrieved May 9, 2011.