Taxon: Salvinia molesta D. S. Mitch.

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

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*, AZª*°, 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:

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

Economic importance:

• Weed   (fide Atlas WWeed; Castanea 61:310. 1996; Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

Distributional range:

• widely naturalized weed in tropics & subtropics

• probable origin South America

References:

• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Andrew, S. B. 1990. Ferns of Queensland.
• Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
• Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963–. Flora of southern Africa.
• Fernandes, A. & E. J. S. M. Mendes. 1969–. Flora de Mocambique.
• 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.
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds.
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Mickel, J. T. & A. R. Smith. 2004. The pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88:1-1054. [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., eds. 1987. Weeds of rice in Indonesia. 512.
• Sota, E. de la. 1995. Darwiniana 33:309–313. [proposed replacing S. molesta with S. adnata].
• Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agric. Handb. no. 505.
• Tryon, R. M. & A. F. Tryon. 1982. Ferns and allied plants with special reference to tropical America. 773.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
• USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (on-line resource).
• United States Geological Service. Nonindigenous aquatic fern information (on-line resource).
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Westbrooks, R. G. & R. E. Eplee. 1996. Regulatory exclusion of harmful non-indigenous plants from the United States by USDA APHIS PPQ. Castanea 61:310.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Salvinia molesta.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Salvinia molesta.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Salvinia molesta.

Check other web resources for Salvinia molesta D. S. Mitch.:

• 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.

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.

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