African payal vs Water spangles

Salvinia auriculata compared with Salvinia minima

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African payal	Water spangles
Kingdom same	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum same	Tracheophyta	Tracheophyta
Class same	Polypodiopsida (Echte Farne)	Polypodiopsida (Echte Farne)
Order same	Salviniales (Schwimmfarnartige)	Salviniales (Schwimmfarnartige)
Family same	Salviniaceae	Salviniaceae
Genus same	Salvinia	Salvinia
Species	Salvinia auriculata	Salvinia minima

Evolutionary Relationship

African payal and Water spangles share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Salvinia.

Conservation Status

African payal

NE — Not Evaluated

Water spangles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African payal	Water spangles
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African payal

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bangladesh, Thailand), Europe (5 countries), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic), and South America (4 countries).

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).

African payal

The African payal (Salvinia auriculata) is a species in the genus Salvinia. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic