African payal vs Kariba weed

Salvinia auriculata compared with Salvinia molesta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African payal	Kariba weed
Kingdom same	Plantae (bitki)	Plantae (bitki)
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 molesta

Evolutionary Relationship

African payal and Kariba weed share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Salvinia.

Conservation Status

African payal

NE — Not Evaluated

Kariba weed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African payal	Kariba weed
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).

Kariba weed

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (23 countries), Asia (14 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).

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 10 countries:

🇧🇩 Bangladesh 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇫🇷 France 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇹🇭 Thailand 🇬🇧 United Kingdom