Synonyms:

• (=) Salvinia rotundifolia Willd.

Common names:

• African payal  (Source: Econ FWeed) - English
• butterfly fern  (Source: Water Gardening) - English
• giant salvinia  (Source: USDA/APHIS) - English
• öronsimbräken  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental (fide Slocum, P. D. et al. 1996)
• Weed: potential seed contaminant ()

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Tamaulipas]
• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas (s.), Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan]

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Cuba, Hispaniola, Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad]
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
• NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
• BRAZIL: Brazil
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, [Beni, Santa Cruz] Colombia, Ecuador, Peru [Loreto, Madre de Dios]
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina (n.), Chile, Paraguay, [Central, Paraguari] Uruguay


Cultivated (also cult.)

Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. Boggan, J. et al. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2. 1997 (L Guianas ed2)
3. Breedlove, D. E., ed. Flora of Chiapas. (F Chiapas)
4. Davidse, G. et al., eds. Flora mesoamericana. (F Mesoamer)
5. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984 (Zander ed13)
6. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. (F Zamb)
7. FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
9. Long, R. W. & O. Lakela A flora of tropical Florida. (F TFla)
10. McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. (F NGalicia)
11. Mickel, J. T. & A. R. Smith The pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88:1-1054. 2004 (Ferns Mexico)
12. Missouri Botanical Garden W³Tropicos (on-line resource). (TROPICOS)
13. Pittier, H. F. et al. Catálogo de la flora venezolana. (L Venez)
14. Plant Protection and Quarantine Office United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Federal noxious weed list (on-line resource). (USDA/APHIS)
15. Proctor, G. R. Ferns of Jamaica. A guide to the pteridophytes. 1985 (Ferns Jam)
16. Proctor, G. R. Ferns of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 53:1-389. 1989 (Ferns PR VirgI)
17. Reed, C. F. Economically important foreign weeds: potential problems in the United States. 1977 (Econ FWeed)
18. Slocum, P. D. et al. 1996. Water gardening: water lilies and lotuses. 1996 (Water Gardening) 67.
19. Tryon, R. M. & A. F. Tryon 1982. Ferns and allied plants with special reference to tropical America. 1982 (Ferns TAmer) 773.
20. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
21. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. (F Eur)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2018. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?102981. Accessed 20 June 2018.