Taxon: Salvinia molesta D. S. Mitch.

A declared noxious weed by USDA-APHIS.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

ALª, ARª, CAª, COª, CTª, MAª, MNª, MSª, NCª, NVª, OKª, SCª, VTª.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Link to species profile at

Common names:

• aquarium water-moss   (Source: web document) – English
  
• giant salvinia   (Source: Nat Invasive Sp Info ) – English
  
• kariba-weed   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• watervaring   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Atlas WWeed; Castanea 62:310. 1996; Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

Distributional range:

• widely naturalized weed throughout tropics & subtropics

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  South America [probable origin South America]

References:

• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand. (F NZeal)
• Andrew, S. B. 1990. Ferns of Queensland. (Ferns Queens)
• Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. (F Mesoamer)
• Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963–. Flora of southern Africa. (F SAfr)
• E. de la Sota. 1995. Darwiniana 33:309–313. [proposed replacing S. molesta with S. adnata].
• Fernandes, A. & E. J. S. M. Mendes. 1969–. Flora de Mocambique. (F Mocamb)
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. (F Japan)
• Mickel, J. T. & A. R. Smith. 2004. The pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88:1-1054. (Ferns Mexico) [mentions].
• Moran, R. C. & A. R. Smith. 1999. Salvinia adnata Desv. versus S. molesta D. S. Mitch. Amer. Fern J. 89:268–269. [show S. adnata to be a name of uncertain application].
• Soerjani, M. et al. 1987. Weeds of rice in Indonesia. 512.
• Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agric. Handb. no. 505. (AH 505)
• Tryon, R. M. & A. F. Tryon. 1982. Ferns and allied plants with special reference to tropical America. (Ferns TAmer) 773.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
• USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (Nat Invasive Sp Info)
• United States Geological Service. Nonindigenous aquatic fern information - on-line resource. (FernWeed)
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Salvinia molesta.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Salvinia molesta. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Salvinia molesta D. S. Mitch.:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Forestry Images: Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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