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Taxon: Salvinia auriculata Aubl.

Genus: Salvinia
Family: Salviniaceae.
Nomen number: 102981
Place of publication: Hist. pl. Guiane 969, t. 367. 1775
Name verified on: 13-Jan-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 22-May-2008
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

SPECIES RESTRICTED AS A FEDERAL AND STATE NOXIOUS WEED
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:
AL*, CAª, MAª, NCª, OKª, SCª, VTª.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

Common names:

  • African payal   (Source: Econ FWeed ) – English
  • butterfly fern   (Source: Slocum & Robinson) – English
  • giant salvinia   (Source: USDA/APHIS ) – English
  • öronsimbräken   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish

Economic importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental   (fide Slocum, P. D. et al. 1996)
  • Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Econ FWeed)

Distributional range:

      Native:
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Northern Mexico: Mexico - Tamaulipas
    Southern Mexico: Mexico - Chiapas [s.], Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Caribbean: Cuba; Hispaniola; Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad
    Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
    Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
    Brazil: Brazil
    Western South America: Bolivia - Beni, Santa Cruz; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru - Loreto, Madre de Dios
    Southern South America: Argentina [n.]; Chile; Paraguay - Central, Paraguari; Uruguay

      Naturalized:
  • naturalized elsewhere

      Cultivated:
  • also cultivated

References:

  • Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
  • Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2.
  • Breedlove, D. E., ed. 1981–. Flora of Chiapas.
  • Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
  • Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca.
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. [mentions].
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  • Long, R. W. & O. Lakela. 1971. A flora of tropical Florida.
  • McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
  • Mickel, J. T. & A. R. Smith. 2004. The pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88:1-1054.
  • Missouri Botanical Garden. W³Tropicos (on-line resource).
  • Pittier, H. F. et al. 1945–1947. Catálogo de la flora venezolana.
  • Plant Protection and Quarantine Office. United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Federal noxious weed list (on-line resource).
  • Proctor, G. R. 1985. Ferns of Jamaica. A guide to the pteridophytes.
  • Proctor, G. R. 1989. Ferns of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 53:1-389.
  • Reed, C. F. 1977. Economically important foreign weeds: potential problems in the United States.
  • Slocum, P. D. & P. Robinson. 1996. Water gardening. 67.
  • Slocum, P. D. et al. 1996. Water gardening: water lilies and lotuses. 67.
  • 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.
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
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Check other web resources for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google 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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