African payal vs Fougère d'eau

Salvinia auriculata compared with Salvinia nymphellula

Key Differences

• African payal is Not Evaluated while Fougère d'eau is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African payal	Fougère d'eau
Kingdom same	Plantae (plante)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum same	Tracheophyta	Tracheophyta
Class same	Polypodiopsida (Filicopsida)	Polypodiopsida (Filicopsida)
Order same	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family same	Salviniaceae	Salviniaceae
Genus same	Salvinia	Salvinia
Species	Salvinia auriculata	Salvinia nymphellula

Evolutionary Relationship

African payal and Fougère d'eau share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Salvinia.

Conservation Status

African payal

NE — Not Evaluated

Fougère d'eau

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African payal	Fougère d'eau
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).

Fougère d'eau

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cote d'Ivoire and Malawi.

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.