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Salviniaceae, B. Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D.. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2000
- Morphology General Habit
- Floating aquatic plants with slender branched siphonostelic rootless rhizomes
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves dimorphous, borne in whorls of three, two floating, oblong to orbicular, entire, variously papillate on the aerial surface, the third submerged, finely dissected, hairy and rootlike
[FWTA]
Salviniaceae, A.H.G Alston. Flora of West Tropical Africa. 1959
- Morphology General Habit
- Small floating herbaceous plants
- Vegetative Multiplication Rhizomes
- Rhizome horizontal, branched, siphonostelic, without roots
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves in whorls of three of which two are entire and floating, and the third submerged and finely dissected into root–like segments, which are thickly covered with hairs; floating leaves papillose
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Azollaceae, A.H.G Alston. Flora of West Tropical Africa. 1959
- Morphology General Habit
- Small floating moss–like plants with fragile pinnately branched, apparently siphonostelic rhizomes, covered with small imbricate leaves
- Morphology Roots
- Roots numerous with numerous root hairs (in W. African species)
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves in two rows, each leaf consisting of an upper, floating, photosynthetic lobe which rests obliquely on the water touching it only on one edge and a lower submerged hyaline lobe with cavities in its lower surface, usually inhabited by blue green alga (Anabaena)
[FTEA]
Azollaceae, Bernard Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1999
- Morphology General Habit
- Floating aquatic heterosporous leptosporangiate plants with slender pinnately branched siphonostelic rhizomes and with roots borne singly or in fascicles
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate, imbricate, about 1– 2 mm. long, bilobed with an aerial lobe and a thin colourless submerged lobe
Salviniaceae Martinov appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Tekhno-Bot. Slovar : 559. 1820 [3 Aug 1820] (1820)
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Flora of West Tropical Africa
Flora of West Tropical Africa
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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