Pilularia americana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salviniales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Salviniales

Familia: Marsileaceae
Genus: Pilularia
Species: Pilularia americana

Name

Pilularia americana A.Braun, Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1863: 435 (1864).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Calamistrum americanum (A.Braun) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 822 (1891).
• Heterotypic
  • Pilularia mandonii A.Braun, Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1870: 752 (1870).
    • Calamistrum mandonii (A.Braun) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 822 (1891).
  • Pilularia valdiviana Phil. ex Baker, Handb. Fern-Allies: 148 (1887).
• Misapplied names
  • Pilularia caroliniana "A.Braun" sensu Chopra, N. 1960. Castanea 25: 116-119.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Pilularia americana Continental: Northern America Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Oregon, Washington. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Maryland (introduced), South Carolina, Tennessee. Regional: Mexico Mexico Northwest. Continental: Southern America Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South, Uruguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Braun, A.K.H. 1864. Über die Marsiliaceengattungen Marsilia und Pilularia. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1863: 413–436. BHL Reference page. 
• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Pilularia americana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Nov 21. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Pilularia americana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Nov 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Pilularia americana. Published online. Accessed: 21 Nov 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Pilularia americana Accessed: 21 Nov 2023.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pilularia americana. Accessed: 2023 Nov 21.
• Pilularia americana A. Braun – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: American pillwort
中文: 美国线叶蘋

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