Salvinia minima (Salviniaceae) a new non-native species for the Iberian Peninsula
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Non native plants, ferns, Mediterranean Region, ChorologyAbstract
Salvinia minima (Salviniaceae) is here reported as a new non-native species to the flora of the Iberian Peninsula. A population was recently found in the Besòs river (Barcelona province) and a sample collected in 1999 at the Ebro Delta (Tarragona province) would also be referable to this species.
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