Floating Fern vs Water spangles

Salvinia nymphellula compared with Salvinia minima

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Least Concern while Water spangles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	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 nymphellula	Salvinia minima

Evolutionary Relationship

Floating Fern and Water spangles share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Salvinia.

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

LC — Least Concern

Water spangles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Water spangles
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.

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).