Specimen Information

Marsilea macropoda
(big-foot water-clover)
Plants
Native Transplant
Collection Info
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Specimen ID234084
GroupPlants
GenusMarsilea
Speciesmacropoda
Common Namebig-foot water-clover
StateLA
CountyOrleans
Localitywithin City of New Orleans, vacant lot near corner of Bienville and Salcedo Ave.
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameEastern Louisiana Coastal
HUC8 Number08090203
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Collection Day1
Collection Month5
Collection Year1982
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker | released aquarium
Statusextirpated
Reference 1
Ref. Number:28190
Author:Louisiana State University
Date:2020
Title:Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium (LSU)
Publisher:SEINet Data Portal
Reference 2
Ref. Number:29246
Author:Whitson, M. (director).
Date:2015
Title:The John W. Thieret Herbarium (KNK)
Publisher:Northern Kentucky University
Reference 3
Ref. Number:29247
Author:Darwin, S.P. (director), and A.S. Bradburn (curator).
Date:2016
Title:Tulane University Herbarium (NO)
Publisher:Tulane University
Reference 4
Ref. Number:29204
Author:McCormick, C. (curator).
Date:2016
Title:North Carolina Botanical Garden Herbarium (NCU)
Publisher:University of North Carolina
Reference 5
Ref. Number:10762
Author:Johnson, D.M.
Date:1986
Title:Systematics of the New World species of Marsilea (Marsileaceae).
Journal:Systematic Botany Monographs
Volume:11
Pages:87
Reference 6
Ref. Number:34214
Author:Landry, G.P., and S.W. Holder
Date:1985
Title:Marsilea macropoda New to Louisiana
Journal:American Fern Journal
Volume:75
Issue:4
Pages:133
Commentsid: fertile CollectorNumber: Landry 7895 (LSU, KNK, NO, NCU)
Record TypeSpecimen
Earliest Recordstate
DisposalHerbaria
VerifierDennis P. Wall
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Year Classreproductive
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