Salvinia Adanson 1763 (watermoss)

Polypodiopsida - Salviniales - Polypodiidae

Parent taxon: Salviniaceae according to PPG. I 2016

See also Hickey 1977, Knowlton 1919, Lakhanpal et al. 1976, Liu et al. 1996 and Srivastava 1991

Sister taxa: Ariadnaesporites, Azolla, Azollophyllum, Massulites, Sausarospermum

Subtaxa: Salvinia coahuilensis Salvinia elliptica Salvinia formosa Salvinia graui Salvinia hainanensis Salvinia intertrappea Salvinia preauriculata

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Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (4 collections)

• Pliocene of Germany (5), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Germany (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (3), China (2), Germany (29), Japan (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (15), Switzerland (1)

• Oligocene of Germany (8), the Russian Federation (10), the United Kingdom (1)

• Eocene of China (3), India (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (35: North Dakota, Washington, Wyoming)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Belgium (2), the Netherlands (2)

• Paleogene of India (1)

• Paleocene of Colombia (1), India (1)

• Tertiary of the Russian Federation (1)

• Cretaceous of Mexico (1), United States (2: New Mexico, North Dakota)

Total: 134 collections including 165 occurrences

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