Taxon: Salvinia natans (L.) All.

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Common names:

• salvinie   (Source: J.-G. Fouché) – French
  
• simbräken   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Weed   (fide Atlas WWeed)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Arabian Peninsula: Arabia
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Cyprus; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  Caucasus: Azerbaijan; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Western Siberia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Amur, Primorye
  China: China - Anhui, Beijing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Monggol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanghai, Shanxi, Sichuan, Tianjin, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Honshu, Kyushu [w.], Shikoku; Korea; Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India - Jammu and Kashmir; Pakistan [n.w.]
  Indo-China: Thailand
  Malesia: Indonesia - Java
• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland
  East Europe: Belarus; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part [s.]; Ukraine
  Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Italy [incl. Sicily]; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France; Spain

• naturalized elsewhere

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).
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Fouché, J.-G. 1999. pers. comm. [re. French common names].
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds.
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Kitagawa, M. 1979. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Li, H. L. et al., eds. 1975–1979. Flora of Taiwan.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Mickel, J. T. & A. R. Smith. 2004. The pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88:1-1054. [mentions].
• Missouri Botanical Garden. Flora of China Checklist (on-line resource).
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
• Proctor, G. R. 1985. Ferns of Jamaica. A guide to the pteridophytes.
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
• Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970–. Flora of Thailand.
• Soerjani, M. et al., eds. 1987. Weeds of rice in Indonesia. 510.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition.
• Zohary, M. 1950. The flora of Iraq and its phytogeographical subdivision.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Salvinia natans.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Salvinia natans.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Marsilea natans L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Salvinia natans (L.) All.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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