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Marsilea L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
1753
1099
conserved
ICN
Marsilea L.
genus
Marsilea
Named in honour of Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli (1656-1730), an Italian soldier and naturalist.

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Salviniales
Marsileaceae
Marsilea

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Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Marsilea L.

Mostly aquatic ferns. Rhizomes long-creeping, rooting at nodes. Lvs arising at nodes, with long stalks terminating in 4 obtriangular or flabellate segments, glabrous or hairy; veins anastomosing. Sori containing both micro-and megasporangia, protected by indusia, and contained within hard sporocarps attached near the base of the lvs. Spores trilete.

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Marsilea L.
Marsilea L.
Johnson, D.M. (1986)
Marsilea L.
Marsilea L.
Marsilea L.
Jones, D.L. (1998)
Marsilea L.
Marsilea L.
Marsilea L.
Kramer, K.U.; Green, P.S. (1990)
Marsilea L.
Marsileaceae Mirb.
Marsilea L.
Marsilea L.
Nagalingum, N.S.; Nowak, M.D.; Pryer, K.M. (2008)
Marsilea L.
Marsilea L.
Marsilea L.
Nagalingum, N.S.; Schneider, H.; Pryer, K.M. (2007)
Marsilea L.
Marsilea L.
Marsilea L.
Smith, A.R.; Pryer, K.M. et al. (2006)
Marsilea L.
Marsilea L.
Marsilea L.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)
Marsilea L.
Marsilea L.
Whitten, W.M.; Jacono, C.C.; Nagalingum, N.S. (2012)
Marsilea L.

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Marsilea L.
Australia
Western Australia
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Marsilea L.
India
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Etymology
Named in honour of Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli (1656-1730), an Italian soldier and naturalist.

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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
26 February 2015
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