Salvinia auriculata
Species of fern
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Salvinia auriculata is a species of plant in the Salviniaceae known by the common names eared watermoss,[2] African payal (Malayalam: ആഫ്രിക്കൻ പായൽ), and butterfly fern.[3] It is native to the Americas from Mexico south to Argentina and Chile. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant and it has become naturalized in the wild in some places.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Salviniales |
| Family: | Salviniaceae |
| Genus: | Salvinia |
| Species: | S. auriculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Salvinia auriculata | |
This species is hard to distinguish from other Salvinia.[4] The plant varies in size depending on how crowded it is among other plants.[5]
This plant has long been known as an invasive species. It had infested the Zambezi River by 1949.[6] It is also considered invasive in New Caledonia.[7]
