A surge in the collection of exotic Marsilea, M. mutica, M. minuta and M. hirsuta in the southeastern United States has prompted the need for updated identification aids. This study provides an annotated key to all water-clover ferns occurring in the region. It describes and illustrates recently documented exotic species and a previously misidentified western introduction. It details the rediscovery of M. ancylopoda, presumed extinct, and confirms its identification as the western species M. oligospora. Finally it clarifies the status and distribution of two additional western North American species introduced to the southeast, M. vestita and M. macropoda.
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1 March 2006
Water-clover Ferns, Marsilea, in the Southeastern United States
Colette C. Jacono,
David M. Johnson
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Castanea
Vol. 71 • No. 1
March 2006
Vol. 71 • No. 1
March 2006