Marsilea villosa

Marsilea villosa
Conservation status
	; ESA)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Salviniales
Family:	Marsileaceae
Genus:	Marsilea
Species:	M. villosa
Binomial name
	Marsilea villosa; Kaulf.

Marsilea villosa, the ʻihiʻihi (

ova. For new plants to become established, the waters must subside. Sporocarps only form once the soil has dried to a certain level. Like other species in its genus, the leaves of M. villosa resemble those of a four-leaf clover.^[3]

Conservation

Fewer than 2,000 individual plants exist in four remaining

endangered species in 1992.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "The Recovery Plan for the Marsilea villosa". Threatened and Endangered Animals in the Hawaiian Islands. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2010-03-24. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
^ "Marsilea villosa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
^ "Marsilea villosa". CPC National Collection Plant Profiles. Center for Plant Conservation. 2010-03-04. Archived from the original on 2010-10-28. Retrieved 2010-05-12.

External links

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[FWS-1] "The Recovery Plan for the Marsilea villosa". Threatened and Endangered Animals in the Hawaiian Islands. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2010-03-24. Retrieved 2011-02-24.

[2] "Marsilea villosa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-02-24.

[CPC-3] "Marsilea villosa". CPC National Collection Plant Profiles. Center for Plant Conservation. 2010-03-04. Archived from the original on 2010-10-28. Retrieved 2010-05-12.

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