Marsileaceae
Water Clover Family
The Marsileaceae family (Water Clover Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Salviniales. It is represented by a single species in the SASYA catalogue. That species is a herb. Several members are valued in traditional medicine.
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An aquatic or wetland fern whose fronds look nothing like a typical fern, instead resembling a four-leaf clover floating or standing above the mud on a long thin stalk; spores form inside hard, bean-like capsules at the base of the plant rather than in visible sori on the leaf.
As a true fern this family has no flowers or seeds — its four-leaflet, clover-like fronds are so unlike a typical fern that it is easily mistaken for a flowering plant at a glance.
Typical leaf characters
- ArrangementVariable
TypeCompound- MarginVariable
- VenationVariable
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Notable members
All 1 species in MARSILEACEAE
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