Pilularia (Noun)
Meaning
Pillworts.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Pilularia contains a group of species commonly known as pillworts due to the unique globe-shaped spore capsules that resemble pills.
- Pilularia is a genus in the family Marsileaceae, which consists of aquatic and amphibious ferns.
- Pilularia is considered one of the smallest and rarest species within ferns, usually found floating or attached to surfaces.
- Many of the different species within pilularia display heterospory, a reproductive characteristic giving them two separate types of spores.
- In certain aquatic environments pilularia species function as one of the more unique forms of free-floating vegetation.