Marsileaceae Mirb.

First published in Hist. Nat. Vég. [Lam. & Mirbel] 5: 126. 1802 [21 Nov 1802] (1802)
This family is accepted

Descriptions

Marsileaceae, E. Launert. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2003

Morphology General Habit
Small aquatic or semi-aquatic ferns with a creeping, branched, solenostelic rhizome
[FTEA]

Marsileaceae, A.H.G Alston. Flora of West Tropical Africa. 1959

Morphology General Habit
Herbs growing in water or wet places, with wide–creeping solenostelic, sometimes hairy rhizomes
[FWTA]

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0