Marsilea mutica Mett.
![Marsilea mutica: leaves divided into four variegated flabellate segments, floating on the surface of a farm pond. Creator: P.J. Brownsey. © Pat Brownsey 1979. [Image: 1T3W]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1T3W/SysPortalThumb)
![Marsilea mutica: herbarium specimen from Hunua, Auckland, WELT P013485/A, showing the circinate vernation of the young leaves. Creator: L.R. Perrie. © Te Papa 2015. [Image: 1UYK]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1UYK/SysPortalThumb)
![Marsilea mutica: herbarium specimen from Hunua, Auckland, WELT P013485/C, showing creeping rhizomes, leaves with four flabellate segments, and sporocarps on short stalks. Creator: L.R. Perrie. © Te Papa 2015. [Image: 1UYL]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1UYL/SysPortalThumb)
![Marsilea mutica: herbarium specimen from Hunua, Auckland, WELT P013485/C, showing the short-stalked, glabrous, globose sporocarps arising from the rhizome. Creator: L.R. Perrie. © Te Papa 2015. [Image: 1UYM]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1UYM/SysPortalThumb)
![Creator: C.Graham. © Landcare Research 2017. [Image: 2LLS]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/2LLS/SysPortalThumb)
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![Marsilea mutica: leaves divided into four variegated flabellate segments, floating on the surface of a farm pond. Creator: P.J. Brownsey. © Pat Brownsey 1979. [Image: 1T3W]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1T3W/SysPortalPreview)
![Marsilea mutica: herbarium specimen from Hunua, Auckland, WELT P013485/A, showing the circinate vernation of the young leaves. Creator: L.R. Perrie. © Te Papa 2015. [Image: 1UYK]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1UYK/SysPortalPreview)
![Marsilea mutica: herbarium specimen from Hunua, Auckland, WELT P013485/C, showing creeping rhizomes, leaves with four flabellate segments, and sporocarps on short stalks. Creator: L.R. Perrie. © Te Papa 2015. [Image: 1UYL]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1UYL/SysPortalPreview)
![Marsilea mutica: herbarium specimen from Hunua, Auckland, WELT P013485/C, showing the short-stalked, glabrous, globose sporocarps arising from the rhizome. Creator: L.R. Perrie. © Te Papa 2015. [Image: 1UYM]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1UYM/SysPortalPreview)
![Creator: C.Graham. © Landcare Research 2017. [Image: 2LLS]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/2LLS/SysPortalPreview)
![Creator: C.Graham. © Landcare Research 2017. [Image: 2LLT]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/2LLT/SysPortalPreview)
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Marsilea mutica Mett., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. sér. 4, 15: 88 (1861)
Marsilea mutica Mett.
Nomenclature
Mett.
Mett.
1861
88
ICN
Marsilea mutica Mett.
species
Marsilea mutica
Classification
Vernacular names
Descriptions
Marsilea mutica Mett.
Aquatic fern. Rhizomes submerged, long-creeping, rooting at nodes. Lvs solitary at each node, glabrous; stalks to 25 cm long, each terminating in 4 flabellate segments; each segment rounded on outer margin, to 2-3 × 2-3 cm, green, sometimes with a horizontal brown band in the cente. Sporocarps 3-5 mm long, hairy or becoming glabrous, solitary or in groups of 2-4, on branched stalks to 2 cm long.
Taxonomic concepts
Marsilea mutica Mett.
Marsilea mutica Mett.
Marsilea mutica Mett.
Collections
Notes
typification
Holotype: lieux inondés à Kanala [flooded ground around Kanala], New Caledonia, E. Vieillard, 1855-1860, P 00636716 (online!)
Etymology
From the Latin muticus (blunt, without a point), a reference to the shape of the lamina segments.
Metadata
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scientific name
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1 January 2000
10 May 2013
