Marsileaceae - Water-clovers and Pillworts

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Pteridophytes
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Salviniales
Family: Marsileaceae

The Marsileaceae are a small family of heterosporous aquatic and semi-aquatic ferns, though at first sight they do not physically resemble other ferns. The group is commonly known as the "pepperwort family" or as the "water-clover family" because the leaves of the genus Marsilea superficially resemble the leaves of a four-leaf clover (a flowering plant). Wikipedia

Genera: Marsilea