Salvinia Ség.

First published in Pl. Veron. 3: 52 (1754)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Tropical America, Africa, Eurasia.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile Central, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Hainan, Honduras, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krym, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Manchuria, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Romania, South China Sea, Spain, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia

Extinct in:

Switzerland

Introduced into:

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, California, Cape Provinces, Comoros, Connecticut, Corse, Denmark, Fiji, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kansas, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Louisiana, Mali, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mexico Northwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Namibia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Portugal, Queensland, Senegal, South Australia, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Texas, Uganda, Vanuatu, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balkrishna, A., Joshi, B., Sribastava, A., Shankar, R. & Shukla, B.K. (2019). Classification of extant Pteridophytes: a new approach. Indian Fern Journal 36: 311-341.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [Cat. no. 399] Bangladesh K001109962 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 399] India K001109961 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/