Petite Marsilée vs Lusitanian Water Clover

Marsilea minuta compared with Marsilea batardae

Key Differences

• Petite Marsilée is Least Concern while Lusitanian Water Clover is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Petite Marsilée	Lusitanian Water Clover
Kingdom same	Plantae (plante)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum same	Tracheophyta	Tracheophyta
Class same	Polypodiopsida (Filicopsida)	Polypodiopsida (Filicopsida)
Order same	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family same	Marsileaceae	Marsileaceae
Genus same	Marsilea	Marsilea
Species	Marsilea minuta	Marsilea batardae

Evolutionary Relationship

Petite Marsilée and Lusitanian Water Clover share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Marsilea.

Conservation Status

Petite Marsilée

LC — Least Concern

Lusitanian Water Clover

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Petite Marsilée	Lusitanian Water Clover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Petite Marsilée

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Comoros), Asia (Bhutan, Taiwan, Vietnam), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Lusitanian Water Clover

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Portugal. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.