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First record of Pilularia americana A. Braun (Polypodiidae, Salviniales, Marsileaceae) from Peru

  • Blanca León,
  • Hamilton Beltrán,
  • Carlos Carrasco-Badajoz,
  • Edwin Portal-Quicaña,
  • Mariela Huaycha-Allcca

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15560/14.2.319
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 2
pp. 319 – 322

Abstract

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The aquatic fern Pilularia americana A. Braun is known from several countries in South and North America. Here we provide a first report of this species for Peru, from 2 localities in the Ancash and Ayacucho regions (central Peru), which confirm its presence in the national flora.