Species profile—Salvinia molesta (salvinia)
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Salviniaceae → Salvinia molesta (salvinia)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Salviniaceae
- Scientific name
- Salvinia molesta D.S.Mitch.
- Common name
- salvinia
- WildNet taxon ID
- 16276
- Alternate name(s)
- African payal
giant salvinia
acquarium watermoss
Kariba weed - Biosecurity Act 2014 (BIO) status
- Restricted Matter
- Conservation significant
- No
- Confidential
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Environmental Weed
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=16276.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
