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Salvinia molesta - Leaves close-up - Click to enlarge!

Leaves close-up; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Salvinia molesta - Floating plants - Click to enlarge!

Floating plants; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Salvinia molesta - Plant in side view - Click to enlarge!

Plant in side view; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Salvinia molesta - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 632
Date of entry: 18.08.2007
Last update: 10.01.2020

Common name

English: Aquarium watermoss, Water fern

German: Lästiger Schwimmfarn

Portuguese: Feto d'água

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Pteridophyta (45)

    Class: Liliopsida (392)

      Order: Hydropteridales (1)

        Family: Salviniaceae (1)

          Genus: Salvinia (1)

            Epithet: molesta Mitchell (1)

molesta => troublesome

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: hydrophytic

Habit: herb

External links

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