giant salvinia vs Water spangles

Salvinia biloba compared with Salvinia minima

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	giant salvinia	Water spangles
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Tracheophyta	Tracheophyta
Class same	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order same	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family same	Salviniaceae	Salviniaceae
Genus same	Salvinia	Salvinia
Species	Salvinia biloba	Salvinia minima

Evolutionary Relationship

giant salvinia and Water spangles share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Salvinia.

Conservation Status

giant salvinia

NE — Not Evaluated

Water spangles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	giant salvinia	Water spangles
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

giant salvinia

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Brazil.

Water spangles

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Sri Lanka), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇧🇷 Brazil