Plant Genera


Marsilea

Family Code: MARSIL
Genus Code: MARSI
Genus CN: waterclover
Genus Authority: L.
Genus Summary: A genus of 50-70 species, nearly cosmopolitan.
Genus Identification: Identification notes: The raphe is the portion of the peduncle adnate to the sporocarp. The peduncle ends in a blunt tooth, the proximal tooth. Further up on the sporocarp is a second tooth, the distal tooth.
Genus References: Jacono & Johnson (2006)=Z; Johnson in FNA (1993b); Lin & Johnson in FoC (2013); Kramer in Kramer & Green (1990); Knepper, Johnson, & Musselman (2002); Schaefer et al. (2011). Key based in part on Z and FNA.
Last Updated: 2019-11-29
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