Marsilea brachypus

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Species name: Marsilea brachypus

Marsilea brachypus is a fern closely related to M. minuta. In fact, it may be an environmentally induced phenotypic variety of M. minuta. Other phenotypes may include species M. brachycarpa, M. gracilenta and M. maheshwari (Cook)


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Date on which this page was first created 2010/08/21
This page was last modified on: 6 September 2010 15:36:04
Name of the species Marsilea brachypus
ID on Encyclopedia of Life
Synonyms Please check Binomial Classification section for synonyms.
Common English Names Waterclover
Common Hindi Names
Common Indian names
Origins/Meanings of the common names

Taxonomy from Encyclopedia of Life

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Taxon Value
Regnum (Kingdom) Plantae
Division Pteridophyta
Class Filicopsida
Order Hydropteridales
Family Marsileaceae
Genus Marsilea
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Other closely related species

SpeciesDivisionCommon nameCommon Hindi name
Equisetum ramosissimumBranched Horsetail
Marsilea minutaDwarf waterclover, Small watercloverचौपतिरा Chaupatira
Ceratopteris pteridoidesFloating antlerfern
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SpeciesClassCommon nameCommon Hindi name
Marsilea minutaFilicopsidaDwarf waterclover, Small watercloverचौपतिरा Chaupatira
Ceratopteris pteridoidesFilicopsidaFloating antlerfern
Acrostichum aureumFilicopsidaGolden leatherfern, Mangrove fern
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SpeciesOrderCommon nameCommon Hindi name
Marsilea minutaHydropteridalesDwarf waterclover, Small watercloverचौपतिरा Chaupatira
Marsilea coromandelinaHydropteridalesNANA
Marsilea brachypusHydropteridalesWaterclover
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SpeciesFamilyCommon nameCommon Hindi name
Marsilea minutaMarsileaceaeDwarf waterclover, Small watercloverचौपतिरा Chaupatira
Marsilea coromandelinaMarsileaceaeNANA
Marsilea brachypusMarsileaceaeWaterclover
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SpeciesGenusCommon nameCommon Hindi name
Marsilea minutaMarsileaDwarf waterclover, Small watercloverचौपतिरा Chaupatira
Marsilea coromandelinaMarsileaNANA
Marsilea brachypusMarsileaWaterclover
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Based on classification

More details can be found in the Binomial Classification section.

Morphology from Encyclopedia of Life

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General morphology

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General morphological features of the plant The plant is highly variable. It appears cushion-like on dry lans, but in water is spreading and creeping. Internodes 0.5-20cm long. Petioles 2-8cm long on land and upto 25 cm or more in water. Leaflets a maximum of 2.5 cm. Sporocarp stalks simple, numerous, arising one above the other near base of leaf stalk. These sporocarps are usually crowded and in groups of 2-3. The only difference with M. minuta is that the sporocarps are ribbed , whereas in latter they are not."The plant is highly variable. It appears cushion-like on dry lans, but in water is spreading and creeping. Internodes 0.5-20cm long. Petioles 2-8cm long on land and upto 25 cm or more in water. Leaflets a maximum of 2.5 cm. Sporocarp stalks simple, numerous, arising one above the other near base of leaf stalk. These sporocarps are usually crowded and in groups of 2-3. The only difference with M. minuta is that the sporocarps are ribbed , whereas in latter they are not." cannot be used as a page name in this wiki.
Seed dispersal mechanism
Bloom type Annual, Perennial Cook
Life cycle of the plant It is a tenagophyte. Juvenile usually submerged, adult is terrestrial. The plant is perennial, but sometimes annual. Cook

How to identify this species

For a detailed description, refer to the General Morphology details above

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Type of plant Fern
Plant height Up to 3 feet
Flower color
Flower shape
Floral symmetry
Phyllotaxy of leaves
Leaf shape
Is the leaf petiolated or sessile?
Is the leaf simple or compound?

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IUCN Conservation Status Not Evaluated
Indian States in which the species has been documented Punjab,Tamil Nadu Cook, Sasya Sampada
Locations at which the species has been documented
Biotic zones inhabited
Details about the habitat
Is this species native to India? Yes Cook
Is the species indigenous/endemic to Sub-Himalayan regions?
Is the species indigenous/endemic to Western Ghats?
Is the species indigenous/endemic to Eastern Ghats?

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Acacia concinnaSoap podशिकाकाई ShikakaiWoody (Tree/Shrub)Northeastern Himalayas
Eastern Ghats
Western Ghats
Central Deccan Plateau
East Coast
West Coast
Indo-Gangetic Plain
Acrostichum aureumGolden leatherfern, Mangrove fernFernNortheastern Himalayas
Eastern Ghats
East Coast
Indo-Gangetic Plain
Outlying Islands
Aegle marmelosBel, Beli fruit, Bengal quince, Stone apple, Wood appleबेल Bel
Allium sativumCultivated Garlicलेह्सन Lehsan
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Does this species have any medicinal use? Yes

Other plants of the same family having medicinal use:

Species nameCommon nameCommon Hindi nameFamilyAilment typeMedicinal use description
Marsilea brachycarpaWatercloverMarsileaceae
Marsilea brachypusWatercloverMarsileaceae
Marsilea gracilentaWatercloverMarsileaceae
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General types of ailments this species is used for treating
Specific ailments for which the species is used
Medicinal systems which use this plant Folk Medicine GRIN
Details of Medicinal use
Parts of the plant used for treatment
Names of some medicinal active compounds in this plant, if known.
Details of the active chemical compounds found in this plant
Is the molecular basis of the medicinal action known?
Details of molecular basis of action
Are the toxic effects of consumption of this plant known?
Details of the toxic effects of the plant species
Have there been validation/clinical studies related to this plant?
Details of the clinical studies related to the plant species

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Is this plant/plant-derived product used in food preparations?
Part(s) of the plant used in the food preparations
Details of use in food preparations
Does this species have any religious significance?
Religions which mention/give significance to this species
Religious occasions
Details of religious use

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Is this plant cultivated commercially in India? No
Uses for which the plant is commercially cultivated
Plant parts of commercial value
Products where this plant is used User-reported
Description of use
States where this plant is cultivated commercially
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Best period for harvesting this plant
Method of propagation
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  • If there is an error message below, it means that there is no retrievable information available on NCBI
  • If the number of nucleotide sequences is less than 100, very little genomic work has been done on this species. A respectable number of nucleotide sequences is above 10000.
  • Most of the nucleotide sequences may come from three sources:
  1. Studies on single genes, where people try to sequence genes such as some specific dehydrogenases important,say, for tannin production
  2. Sequences of Ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer, whose sequence is used for generating molecular phylogenetic trees to establish species relationships
  3. Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) which can tell about which genes are present and expressed in the species at a particular time in the given tissue

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Parameter Value(s) References
See complete references in the References section at the end
Details of modern scientific knowledge available for this species Only the sequence of Rubisco protein and gene are available on NCBI, alongwith some ribosomal spacer regions which are typically used for making phylogenies (For Marsilea brachypus, Aug 2010) NCBI Taxonomy
Are herbarium specimen available for this species?
Institutes having herbarium samples

References

Cook (Book) : Christopher D. K. Cook (1996),', ISBN: 0198548214


GRIN (Web): GRIN Database entry on M. minuta, Accessdate=2010-08-21


EoL (Web): Encyclopedia of Life, Accessdate=2010-08-21