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Salviniaceae
Sign in to saveSalviniaceae (), is a family of heterosporous ferns in the order Salviniales. The Salviniaceae contain the two genera Azolla and Salvinia, with about 20 known species in total. The oldest records of the family date to the Late Cretaceous. Azolla was previously placed in its own family, Azollaceae, but research has shown Azolla and Salvinia to be sister genera with the likely phylogenic relationship shown in the following diagram.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPolypodiopsida
- OrderSalviniales
- FamilySalviniaceae
Сальвиниевые (лат. Salviniaceae) — семейство папоротников порядка Сальвиниевые (Salviniales).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 28
- With media
- 18
- Family
- Salviniaceae
- Collections
- UCMP, TENN, TAES, WIS, CEPLAC, URCA
- Recorded in
- United States, Brasil
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Salviniaceae (), is a family of heterosporous ferns in the order Salviniales. The Salviniaceae contain the two genera Azolla and Salvinia, with about 20 known species in total. The oldest records of the family date to the Late Cretaceous. Azolla was previously placed in its own family, Azollaceae, but research has shown Azolla and Salvinia to be sister genera with the likely phylogenic relationship shown in the following diagram.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Salviniaceae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.