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Marsilea mutica

Mett. (1861)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Pteridophyta Class/Clade: Polypodiopsida Order: Salviniales Family: Marsileaceae Genus: Marsilea

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Description

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 15: 88 (1861)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Marsilea mutica Aukele Street, Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii Cultivated, growing in water pot. Preserved_Specimen Fern, erect to lax, clover-like fronds, with darker green markings. Crago, L.M. 2005230 Oahu BISH 2005-11-14
2 Marsilea mutica Kailua: 209 Oneawa Kai Pl aquatic in lily pond. Preserved_Specimen Rhizome creeping, wiry, roots matted, fibrous; sporocarps hard, shortly stalked, long-persistent, look like bean sprouts, brown aging blackish. Lvs floating or rising above water, 4-parted like a 4-leaf clover, darkish blotch near center, older leaves with veins brown on underside. Staples, G.W. 1159 Oahu BISH 1998-05-18
3 Marsilea mutica Honolulu, University of Hfawaii Manoa campus. Courtyard of Krause Hall. Growing in the lily pool. Growing among a dense mat of floating plants. Preserved_Specimen plants evidently rooted in substrate, with long submerged stolons growing laterally through mat of floating plants, lvs either floating or surface or rising 4-6 inches above it. Herbst, D.R. 9586 Oahu BISH 1992-04-04
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