Eared watermoss, African payal, Butterfly fern
Salvinia auriculata, is a tropical floating fern. This species is hard to distinguish from other Salvinia. The plant varies in size depending on how crowded it is among other plants.
Natural distribution: Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles
Introduced into: It has long been known as an invasive species: it had infested the Zambei River by 1949. It is also considered invasive in New Caledonia, Germany, Spain, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- GPS
- -1.1288600, -57.0233536
- Geographical region
- South America
- Drainage Basin
- Amazon
- River catchment
- Rio Trombetas
- Water body type
- Oxbow lake
- Water body name
- Trombetas
- Water body part
- Open water
- Water body course
- Middle course
- Water body: tributary of
- Rio
- Tributary name
- Amazonas
- Type locality
- Lake of Victoria Slyvia, Essequebo river, Guyana.
- Conservation status/IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated (NE)
- Listed in CITES
- No
