Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: --M. angustifolia sensu J.H. Willis, Hdbk pl. Vic. 1:47 (1962), sensu Tind. in N. Beadle, O. Evans & Carolin, Fl. Sydney Reg. edn 2:89 (1972), non R. Br.

Description:
Rhizome much branched, 0.3-0.4 mm diam., glabrous except for the growing tips; fronds small, rarely exceeding 7 cm tall; leaflets narrowly oblanceolate, glabrous or sparsely hairy; sporocarps on short peduncles, clustered along the rhizome, suborbicular, ribbed, with 1 basal tooth rarely 2.

Published illustration: Sainty & Jacobs (1981) Waterplants of New South Wales, p. 295, as M. angustifolia.

Distribution:  This species is probably more widespread.   N.T.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: No flowering time is available

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: Marsilea angustifolia R. Br. was described from material collected in tropical northern Australia. It differs from the above-mentioned un-named species in being much more robust, with fronds to 30 cm long, with longer leaflets, with entire or irregularly toothed apices, a larger unribbed (in the specimen seen) spherical stalked sporocarp with a vestigial tooth.

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