Family: Marsileaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
Endemic to the West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Lesser Antilles).
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for Smith's Thatch Pond, Inagua. Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 10-13, with illustrations) for periodically flooded palmetto (Sabal palmetto) flats in the southeastern Archipelago (regions 2-1). There are numerous collections from Great Inagua and Grand Turk.
Comments:
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