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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-11-24
Page range: 97–100
Abstract views: 19
PDF downloaded: 1

Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XVI. Salviniaceae

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

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.