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Taxon profile

genus

mosquitofern
Azolla Lam.

kingdom Plantae - plants »  divisio Monilophyta - ferns and horsetails »  class Polypodiopsida »  order Salviniales »  family Salviniaceae

Scientific synonyms

Rhizosperma Meyen

Included taxa

Number of records: 13

species Azolla caroliniana Willd.
species Azolla circinata Oltz & Hall
species Azolla cristata Kaulf.
species Azolla filiculoides Lam. - Water Fern

Azolla filiculoides

species Azolla japonica (Franch. & Sav.) Franch. & Sav. ex Nakai
species Azolla mexicana C. Presl - Mexican Mosquito-fern
species Azolla microphylla Kaulf.
species Azolla nilotica Decne. ex Mett.
species Azolla pinnata R. Br. - Feathered Mosquitofern

Azolla pinnata

species Azolla rubra R. Br.

Fossil taxa

species Azolla nana
species Azolla ventricosa Dorof.

Links and literature

EN Kew Science - Plants of the World online 2024-05 [17056870-1]

Kew Science - Plants of the World online [https://powo.science.kew.org], Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew [as Azolla Lam.]
Data retrieved on: 1 February 2025
EN Novikoff A., Barabasz-Krasny B. (2015): System of Embryophytes [https://phytomorphology.org/personal-inf...], Plant Systematics: 23-63. Liga-Pres [as Azolla Lam.]
Data retrieved on: 3 January 2020
EN C. Ulloa et al. (2017): An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas, Science. 358. 1614-1617 [as Azolla Lam.]
Data retrieved on: 25 September 2019

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Explanations

extinct taxon