Pilularia
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| Pilularia | |
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| Pillwort, Pilularia globulifera | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pteridophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida / Pteridopsida (disputed) |
| Order: | Salviniales |
| Family: | Marsileaceae |
| Genus: | Pilularia L. |
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Pilularia or pillworts is a genus of unusual ferns of family Marsileaceae distributed in North Temperate regions, Ethiopian mountains, and the southern hemisphere in Australia, New Zealand, and western South America.
Depending on the taxonomic revisor, the genus contains between 3 and 6 species of small plants with thread-like leaves, and creeping rhizomes. The sporangia are borne in spherical sporocarps ("pills") which form in the axils of leaves. Pilularia minuta from SW Europe is one of the smallest of all ferns.
List of species
- Pilularia americana A.Braun (American pillwort)
- Pilularia globulifera L. (pillwort)
- Pilularia minuta Durieu
- Pilularia novae-hollandiae A.Braun
- Pilularia novae-zelandiae Kirk
References
- UK Biodiversity Action Plan
- Preston, C.D. & Croft, J.M. (1997). Aquatic Plants in Britain and Ireland. Harley Books, pp.31-32.
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