African payal vs Floating Fern

Salvinia auriculata compared with Salvinia natans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African payal	Floating Fern
Kingdom same	Plantae (식물)	Plantae (식물)
Phylum same	Tracheophyta	Tracheophyta
Class same	Polypodiopsida (고사리강)	Polypodiopsida (고사리강)
Order same	Salviniales (생이가래목)	Salviniales (생이가래목)
Family same	Salviniaceae	Salviniaceae
Genus same	Salvinia	Salvinia
Species	Salvinia auriculata	Salvinia natans

Evolutionary Relationship

African payal and Floating Fern share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Salvinia.

Conservation Status

African payal

NE — Not Evaluated

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African payal	Floating Fern
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).

Floating Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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 6 countries:

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