Marsilea villifolia Bremek. & Oberm. ex Alston & Schelpe

Species

Pteridophytes > Salviniales > Marsileaceae > Marsilea

Characteristics

Stipes very robust, up to 2.5 mm in diameter near base, obtusely angular, striate, 70-200 mm long. Pinnae broadly obdeltate, olive-or yellowish green, thickly herbaceous, flanks slightly concave, outer margin irregularly crenate, very rarely entire. Pedicels very short, appressed-pilose, up to 4 mm long. Sporocarps solitary, square to obtusely rectangular in lateral view, rectangular in dorsiventral cross-section, with or without shallow dorsifrontal furrow, densely appressed-pilose, gradually becoming glabrous, 5-6 x 4-5 x 1-1.5 mm thick; lateral ribs invisible at maturity; lateral veins (seen interiorly) not anastomosing; raphe not very distinct, covering A-A of sporocarp base; inferior tooth absent (or present as shallow hump); superior tooth not very conspicuous, rather short, broadly conical, obtuse; sori 8-12.
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Stipes very robust, up to 2.5 mm in diameter near base, striate, 70-200 mm long. Sporocarps globose, densely covered in reddish tomentum with hairs of one kind. Pinnae broadly obdeltate, olive or yellowish green, thickly herbaceous.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Marsilea villifolia world distribution map, present in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa

Conservation status

Marsilea villifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17404400-1
WFO ID wfo-0001110771
COL ID 3Y9CW
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Synonyms

Marsilea villifolia