Salvinia minimaBaker

water spangles

WFO wfo-0001109618 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Salvinia minima, photographed by Joseph Aubert
fig. a Joseph Aubert, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-27 / obs. 201247851
Salvinia minima, photographed by Joseph Aubert
fig. b Joseph Aubert, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201250949
Salvinia minima, photographed by Josiah Londerée
fig. c Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197945224
Salvinia minima, photographed by Josiah Londerée
fig. d Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196895073
Salvinia minima, photographed by Claire Herzog
fig. e Claire Herzog, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193892640
Salvinia minima, photographed by Jessica Utrup
fig. f Jessica Utrup, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189759367
Salvinia minima, photographed by Chuck Martin
fig. g Chuck Martin, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 188840064
Salvinia minima, photographed by runcator
fig. h runcator, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186942890

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Native range 27 botanical countries

Regions where Salvinia minima is native: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela Mexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestArgentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaCubaEcuadorEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáParaguayPeruPuerto RicoUruguayVenezuela
Native distribution of Salvinia minima, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Belize BLZ
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Uruguay URU
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Gulf MXG NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 1 synonym

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Salvinia minima var. gaillardiana Maury

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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