Marsilea vestita

Marsilea vestita
Water form
Land form
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Salviniales
Family:	Marsileaceae
Genus:	Marsilea
Species:	M. vestita
Binomial name
Marsilea vestita Hook. & Grev.
Synonyms [1]
List Marsilea brevipesNutt. Marsilea fournieriC.Chr. Marsilea longipesAustin Marsilea minutaFourn. Marsilea mucronataA.Braun Marsilea pictaFée Marsilea tenuifoliaEngelm. ex A.Braun Marsilea uncinataA.Braun Marsilea vestita var. tenuifolia(Engelm. ex A.Braun) Underw. Marsilea vestita subsp. tenuifolia(Engelm. ex A.Braun) D.M.Johnson Zaluzianskia tenuifolia(Engelm. ex A.Braun) Kuntze Zaluzianskia vestita(Hook. & Grev.) Kuntze

Marsilea vestita, the hairy water-clover, is a species of largely aquatic fern in the family Marsileaceae. ^[2] It is native to western and central North America, the Bahamas, Barbuda, and Peru. ^[1] It can grow into a water form or a land form, depending on local conditions. ^[3]

References

1. "Marsilea vestita Hook. & Grev". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 26 January 2022.
2. "Marsilea vestita". Plant Database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
3. Gaudet, John J. (1963). "Marsilea vestita: Conversion of the Water Form to the Land Form by Darkness and by Far-Red Light". Science. 140 (3570): 975–976. Bibcode:1963Sci...140..975G. doi:10.1126/science.140.3570.975. PMID   17836482. S2CID   45782742.