Floating Fern vs giant salvinia

Salvinia nymphellula compared with Salvinia biloba

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Least Concern while giant salvinia is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	giant salvinia
Kingdom same	Plantae (نباتات)	Plantae (نباتات)
Phylum same	Tracheophyta	Tracheophyta
Class same	Polypodiopsida (سراخس رقيقة المباغ)	Polypodiopsida (سراخس رقيقة المباغ)
Order same	Salviniales (سلوينيات)	Salviniales (سلوينيات)
Family same	Salviniaceae	Salviniaceae
Genus same	Salvinia	Salvinia
Species	Salvinia nymphellula	Salvinia biloba

Evolutionary Relationship

Floating Fern and giant salvinia share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Salvinia.

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

LC — Least Concern

giant salvinia

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	giant salvinia
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Floating Fern

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cote d'Ivoire and Malawi.

giant salvinia

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Found in Brazil.