Marsilea coromandelina Willd.

Species

Pteridophytes > Salviniales > Marsileaceae > Marsilea

Characteristics

Stipes slender, filiform, usually glabrous, c. 10-90 mm long. Pinnae narrowly cuneate to obdeltate, glabrous to occasionally sparsely pilose, 2-8 x 1.25-8 mm, with pellucid streaks between veins, flanks usually straight, outer margin round entire, occasionally crenate to bilobed. Pedicels wiry, flexible, straight or gently curved, free 5-15 mm. Sporocarps usually solitary, subcircular to broadly elliptic in lateral view, lemon-shaped in dorsiventral cross-section, conspicuously bordered with bulging sides, appressed pilose at first, becoming glabrous at maturity, 2-3.75 x 1.5-2.5 x 1.75 mm thick; lateral ribs usually prominent; raphe distinct; inferior tooth obtuse, usually downward-pointing; superior tooth broadly conical, obtuse to subacute; sori 8-12.
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Stipes slender, usually glabrous, ± 10-90 mm long. Sporocarps borne on unbranched pedicels, subspherical to oblong, bordered, lateral ribs distinct; teeth sub-equal; always densely brownish tomentose.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Marsilea coromandelina world distribution map, present in Angola, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Madagascar, Mozambique, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, Chad, Tanzania, United Republic of, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Marsilea coromandelina threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17144820-1
WFO ID wfo-0001110759
COL ID 3Y99N
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Synonyms

Marsilea muscoides Marsilea muscosa Marsilea trichocarpa Marsilea trichopus Marsilea pygmaea Marsilea microphylla Marsilea trichopoda Marsilea coromandelina