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Marsilea (water clover)

Polypodiopsida - Marsileaceae

Taxonomy
Marsilea was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.

It was assigned to Marsileaceae by Mirbel (1802), Knowlton (1919), Chandra and Tewari (1991), Srivastava (1991) and I (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Marsilea Linnaeus
1802Marsilea Mirbel
1919Marsilea Knowlton
1991Marsilea Chandra and Tewari
1991Marsilea Srivastava
2016Marsilea I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
familyMarsileaceaeMirbel 1802
genusMarsilea

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Marsilea Linnaeus 1753 [water clover]
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Marsilea andersoni Hollick 1904
Marsilea attenuata Lesquereux 1875
Marsilea intertrappea Patil and Upadhaye 1979
Marsilea johnhallii Skog and Dilcher 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available