<p><strong>Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XVI. Salviniaceae</strong></p>

MICHAEL KESSLER; ALAN R. SMITH

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.329.1.9

Issue: Vol. 329 No. 1: 24 November 2017

Type: Correspondence

Published: 2017-11-24

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.329.1.9

Page range: 97–100

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Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XVI. Salviniaceae

MICHAEL KESSLER⁺⁻
ALAN R. SMITH⁺⁻

Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland

University Herbarium, 1001 Valley Life Sciences Bldg. #2465, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-2465

Bolivia Andes ferns lycophytes monilophytes Pteridophytes

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Abstract

We provide a synopsis to the family Salviniaceae in Bolivia, including two species each in the genera Azolla and Salvinia. Despite their low species richness, these aquatic plants are some of the ecologically and economically most important ferns in Bolivia.