African payal vs giant salvinia

Salvinia auriculata compared with Salvinia biloba

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African payal	giant salvinia
Kingdom same	Plantae (planta)	Plantae (planta)
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 auriculata	Salvinia biloba

Evolutionary Relationship

African payal and giant salvinia share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Salvinia.

Conservation Status

African payal

NE — Not Evaluated

giant salvinia

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African payal	giant salvinia
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).

giant salvinia

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Brazil.

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 1 countries:

🇧🇷 Brazil