Pilularia minuta

Pilularia minuta

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Marsileaceae
Genus: Pilularia
Species: Pilularia minuta

Name

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

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Calamistrum minutum (Durieu ex A. Braun) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 822 (1891).
  • Pilularia globulifera subsp. minuta (Durieu ex A. Braun) Bonnier & Layens, Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 382 (1894).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna. Regional: Southeastern Europe Greece, Italy, Sicilia, Yugoslavia. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia East Aegean Islands, Turkey. 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 minuta 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 minuta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Nov 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Pilularia minuta. Published online. Accessed: 21 Nov 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Pilularia minuta Accessed: 21 Nov 2023.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pilularia minuta. Accessed: 2023 Nov 21.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Pilularia minuta in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Nov 21.
• IUCN: Pilularia minuta Durieu  (Endangered)

Vernacular names

English: Dwarf Pillwort

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