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Salvinia hildebrandtii

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Salvinia hildebrandtii Baker [family UNKNOWN ] (stored under name); Verified by Schultze,E.,
Related name
  • Salvinia mollis
  • Salvinia hastata
  • Salvinia hildebrandtii

Flora

Entry for Salvinia hastata Desv. [family SALVINIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 0, Part 0, page 67, (1970) Author: E. A. C. L. E. Schelpe
Names
Salvinia hastata Desv. [family SALVINIACEAE], in Mém. Linn. Soc. Par. 6: 177 (1827). TAB. 19 fig. A. Type from Mascarene Is.
Salvinia mollis Mett. ex Kuhn [family SALVINIACEAE], Fil. Afr.: 201 ( 1868). Type from Madagascar.
Salvinia hildebrandtii Bak. [family SALVINIACEAE], in Journ. of Bot. 24: 98 (1886). Type from Madagascar.
Information
Stem c. 1 mm. in diam., horizontal, beset on the dorsal surface with dark-brown multicellular hairs up to 2 mm. long. Floating leaves up to 2 x 1.3 cm., opposite, oblong, sometimes slightly broadened towards the base, emarginate, base cordate to almost truncate, flat (or infolded along the midrib when leaves closely spaced), ventral surface papillate with minute whitish simple multicellular hairs, dorsal surface pilose with brownish multicellular hairs; dissected submerged leaf up to 6.5 cm. long with lobes densely beset with dark-brown multicellular hairs up to 3 mm. long. Sporocarps spherical, hairy, up to 6, arranged in 2 rows along the midrib of one dissected leaf-lobe.
Habitat
Sluggish streams and backwaters.
Distribution
Malawi C Kota Kota Distr., Chia Lagoon, 13.iv.1960, Eccles (BOL).Mozambique MS R. Sungue, Gorongosa Game Reserve, 9.vii.1955, Schelpe 5639 (BOL).Mozambique Z R. Macuse, 23.viii.1962, Wild & Pedro 5891 (BOL; K; SRGH).Mozambique N Mogincual, 30.iii.1964, Torre & Paiva 11474 (LISC).Malawi S Port Herald Distr., Chiromo, 22.iii.1960, Phipps 2604 (K; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
E. tropical Africa
Madagascar
Mascarene Is

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