Egyptian Water-clover vs false pepperwort

Marsilea aegyptiaca compared with Marsilea crenata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Egyptian Water-clover	false pepperwort
Kingdom same	Plantae (bitki)	Plantae (bitki)
Phylum same	Tracheophyta	Tracheophyta
Class same	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order same	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family same	Marsileaceae	Marsileaceae
Genus same	Marsilea	Marsilea
Species	Marsilea aegyptiaca	Marsilea crenata

Evolutionary Relationship

Egyptian Water-clover and false pepperwort share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Marsilea.

Conservation Status

Egyptian Water-clover

LC — Least Concern

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Egyptian Water-clover	false pepperwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Egyptian Water-clover

Habitat

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

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.