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Salviniaceae Martinov (サンショウモ科)






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Phylogeny of Order Salviniales
Marsileaceae

Marsilea
Pilularia
Regnellidium

Salviniaceae

Azolla
Salvinia

Salviniaceae

16 species in 2 genera worldwide
Lifeform: floating aquatic plant
Azolla Lam. (アカウキクサ)

Azollaceae Lam. (アカウキクサ) when separated from Salviniaceae

Salvinia Ség. (サンショウモ)

Salvinia Ség. (サンショウモ)


Root: not develped
S. cucullata Roxb. ex Bory (ナンゴクサンショウモ)
S. molesta D. S. Mitch. (オオサンショウモ)
S. natans (L.) All. (サンショウモ)

Salvinia molesta grown in a greenhouse


Oh-sanshoumo (オオサンショウモ, 大山椒藻), giant salvinia or kariba weed
Lifeform: floating, aquatic fern
Habitat: slow-moving waters, e.g., in lakes, ponds, oxbows, streams, ditches, marshes and rivers

cleaning water pollution

Distribution: native to south-eastern Brazil

invasive to Europe

Frond (leaf): 0.5-4 cm long

ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] at Sakuya Konohana Kan (咲くやこの花館) located in Osaka, western Japan, on February 6 2022.

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