Family:
Salviniaceae Martinov
Genus:
Salvinia Ség.

Salvinia molesta D.Mitch.

This species is accepted, and its native range is S. & SE. Brazil to Argentina (Corrientes).

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast

Introduced into:

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, California, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Comoros, Connecticut, Corse, Cuba, Denmark, Fiji, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Hawaii, Hungary, India, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kansas, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Louisiana, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maryland, Mauritania, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Mexico, New South Wales, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Portugal, Queensland, Senegal, South Australia, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Vanuatu, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Salvinia molesta D.Mitch. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2002 Kaul, R.B. [1811], Singapore K000557774 No
Jan 1, 2000 Ambriansyah. A. A. [2244], Indonesia K000557781 No
Jan 1, 1992 Anonymous [s.n.], Singapore K000557777 No
Jan 1, 1992 Sinclair, J. [10838], Singapore K000557778 No
Jan 1, 1992 Wilmott, B. [850], Papua New Guinea K000557789 No
Jan 1, 1992 Piggott, A.G. [3169], Malaysia K000557775 No
Jan 1, 1992 Gagne, B. [843], Papua New Guinea K000557788 No
Jan 1, 1992 Piggott, A.G. [3168], Malaysia K000557776 No
Jan 1, 1992 Croft, J.R. [538], Papua New Guinea K000557786 No
Mitchell, D.S. [1330] K000435815 isotype Yes
Reeve, T.M. [3085], Papua New Guinea K000557787 No

First published in Brit. Fern Gaz. 10: 251 (1972)

Accepted by

  • Dufour-Dror, J.M. & Fragman-Sapir, O. in Dufour-Dror, J.M. (2019). Alien Plant Species in Natural & Disturbed Areas in Israel Alien Invasive Plants in Israel, ed. 2: 1-246. Dan Perry Pub., Nature & Parks Authority, Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & Parris, B.S. (2020). Pteridophytes of Turkey - A revised check-list and their relationship to Europe and the West Himalaya Indian Journal of Forestry 43: 263-284.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2021). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 3: 1-450. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • Gonggrijp, S. & al. (2021). Nova Flora Neerlandica, Lycopodiopsida & Polypodiopsida: 1-275. KNVV uitgeverij.
  • 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.

Not accepted by

  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions. [Cited as Salvinia adnata.]

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Dufour-Dror, J.M. & Fragman-Sapir, O. in Dufour-Dror, J.M. (2019). Alien Plant Species in Natural & Disturbed Areas in Israel Alien Invasive Plants in Israel, ed. 2: 1-246. Dan Perry Pub., Nature & Parks Authority, Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & Parris, B.S. (2020). Pteridophytes of Turkey - A revised check-list and their relationship to Europe and the West Himalaya Indian Journal of Forestry 43: 263-284.
  • Gonggrijp, S. & al. (2021). Nova Flora Neerlandica, Lycopodiopsida & Polypodiopsida: 1-275. KNVV uitgeverij.
  • Prelli, R. & Boudrie, M. (2021). Les Fougères et plantes alliées d'Europe: 1-528. BIOTOPE.

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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