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|accepted_name=Salvinia
|accepted_authority=Séguier
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Pl. Veron.
|place=3: 52. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Floating fern;water spangles
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Salviniaceae;Salvinia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Salviniaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Salvinia]]</div></div>
|etymology=for A. W. Salvini (1633–1729), an Italian botanist
|volume=Volume 2
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="hair count;hair architecture"><b>Stems </b>with many multicellular hairs.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf orientation"><b>Leaves </b>horizontally spreading.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="blade coloration;blade pubescence;leaf growth form or location"><b>Blades </b>of floating leaves green and pubescent abaxially (on side away from water).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="organ shape;organ shape;leaf location;leaf shape;leaf shape"><b>Sporocarps </b>borne on chainlike or cymelike organs or submerged leaves;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="sporangium dehiscence;sporangium density">sporangia indehiscent, dispersed as units when sporocarps decay.</span><!--

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|distribution=Mostly tropical;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Eurasia;Africa including Madagascar.
|discussion=<p>Leaf development in Salvinia is unique. The upper side of the floating leaf, which appears to face the stem axis, is morphologically abaxial (J. G. Croxdale 1978, 1979, 1981).</p><!--
--><p>Species ca. 10 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Salvinia
|author=
|authority=Séguier
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Salviniaceae
|distribution=Mostly tropical;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Eurasia;Africa including Madagascar.
|reference=None
|publication title=Pl. Veron.
|publication year=1754
|special status=
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|genus=Salvinia
|blade coloration=green
|blade pubescence=pubescent
|hair architecture=multicellular
|hair count=many
|leaf growth form or location=floating
|leaf location=submerged
|leaf orientation=spreading
|leaf shape=cymelike;chainlike
|organ shape=cymelike;chainlike
|sporangium dehiscence=indehiscent
|sporangium density=dispersed
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