Marsileaceae

Pilularia L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1100 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Europe to Central Asia, N. & S. Africa, SW. & SE. Australia to New Zealand, U.S.A. to NW. Mexico, Colombia to Venezuela, Bolivia to S. Brazil and S. South America.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Arkansas, Baleares, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil South, California, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Kansas, Kazakhstan, KwaZulu-Natal, Mexico Northwest, Missouri, Morocco, Nebraska, Netherlands, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Oklahoma, Oregon, Poland, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, South Australia, South Carolina, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Tunisia, Türkiye, Uruguay, Venezuela, Victoria, Washington, Western Australia

Introduced into:

Maryland

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

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?
Melville, R. [1202] Australia K:SPC-37187.000 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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