Marsileaceae
Marsilea

Marsilea nubica A.Braun

First published in Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1863: 432 (1864)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to Namibia, Madagascar. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Central African Repu, Chad, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bouchart-Dufay, I., Jouy, A. & Rakotondrainibe, F. (2019). Révision du genre Marsilea L. (Marsileaceae): à Madagascar. Adansonia, sér. 3, 41: 1-16.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bak. F. Allies 142 (1887)
  • Berhaut Fl. Sen. 17: 23, t. 3, fig. 8 (1954).
  • in Monatsb. Akad. Berl. 1863: 432 (1864)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 1984 Kotschy [126] Sudan K000435873 Type Yes
Feb 1, 1984 Kotschy [126] Sudan K000435872 Type Yes
Feb 1, 1984 Kotschy [126] Sudan K000435870 Type Yes
Feb 1, 1984 Kotschy [126] Sudan K000435871 Type Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0