Pilularia americana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salviniales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Salviniales

Familia: Marsileaceae
Genus: Pilularia
Species:

Pilularia americana A.Braun, Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1863: 435 (1864).

Homotypic
- Calamistrum americanum (A.Braun) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 822 (1891).
Heterotypic
- Pilularia mandonii A.Braun, Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1870: 752 (1870).
  - Calamistrum mandonii (A.Braun) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 822 (1891).
- Pilularia valdiviana Phil. ex Baker, Handb. Fern-Allies: 148 (1887).
Misapplied names
- Pilularia caroliniana "A.Braun" sensu Chopra, N. 1960. Castanea 25: 116-119.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Oregon, Washington.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma.
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - Texas.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Maryland (introduced), South Carolina, Tennessee.
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Northwest.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Peru.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil South.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South, Uruguay.

Braun, A.K.H. 1864. Über die Marsiliaceengattungen Marsilia und Pilularia. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1863: 413–436. BHL Reference page.
Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Pilularia americana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Nov 21. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Pilularia americana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Nov 2023. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Pilularia americana. Published online. Accessed: 21 Nov 2023. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Pilularia americana Accessed: 21 Nov 2023. Reference page.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pilularia americana. Accessed: 2023 Nov 21.
Pilularia americana A. Braun – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).