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Ver. 25.01
Jan. 12th, 2024

017.0000 Family Salviniaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 559 (1820)
2 genera, 16-17 spp.
Species listed in database: 17; hybrids: 2
= Azollaceae Wettst.; Handb. Syst. Bot. 2: 77 (1903)
= Azolleae Schenk; Flora (Regensburg) 29: 506 (1846)
= Azolloideae Griff.; Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 5: 255 (1844)
= Salvinieae Brongn. ex Duby; Bot. Gall. 1: 542 (1828)
= Salvinioideae Mirb. ex Meisn.; Pl. Vasc. Gen. [Meisner] Tab. Diagn. 436, Comm. 338 (1842)
017.0002 Genus Azolla Lam.; Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.] 1: 3 (1783)
Distribution: Worldwide, mostly tropical
Species listed in database: 6
= Carpanthus Raf.; Med. Repos., Ser. 2, 5: 357 (1808)
= Rhizosperma Meyen; Reise Erde 1: 337 (1834)
species :
Azolla caroliniana Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5(1): 541 (1810)
Name: Kleiner Algenfarn, Eastern Mosquito Fern, Carolina mosquitofern
Distribution: Thailand [I]; Vietnam [I]; Canada (British Columbia, Ontario); USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia); Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico; Colombia; Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Barinas, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Portuguesa, Sucre, Yaracuy, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Brazil (Pará, Acre, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro)
41 tha vie 71 CDN 72 CDN 74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA 81 CUB HIS JAM PUE 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Remarks: included by some authors in A. filiculoides s. lat.
Synonyms: hidden
= Carpanthus axillaris Raf.; Med. Repos., Ser. 2, 5: 356 (1808)
species :
Azolla cristata Kaulf.; Enum. Filic. [Kaulfuss] 274 (1824)
Name: Mexican Mosquito Fern (EN); Kleiner Algenfarn, Mexikanischer Algenfarn (DE)
Distribution: Netherlands [I]; Belgium [I]; Germany [I] (Sachsen-Anhalt [I], Thüringen [I]); Hungary [I]; Portugal [I]; Spain [I]; France [I]; Italy [I]; Romania [I]; Bulgaria [I]; European Russia [I]; Moldova [I]; Egypt [I]; S-Mozambique [I]; South Africa [I] (KwaZulu-Natal [I], Limpopo [I], Mpulamanga [I]); Eswatini [Swaziland] [I]; Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I], Mangaia [I], Ngaputoru Group [I]); Canada (British Columbia); USA (Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington State, Wisconsin); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Hispaniola (Dominican Republic); Colombia (Amazonas, Chocó); Venezuela (Portuguesa); Guyana; Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Brazil (Amazonas, Pernambuco, Sergipe); Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro); Paraguay (Central); Argentina (Chaco, Corrientes)
11 bgm ger hun net 12 fra por spa 13 bul ita rom 14 mld rus 20 egy 26 moz 27 saf swz 61 coo 71 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 HIS 82 CLM GUY VEN 83 BOL ECU GAL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
Remarks: included by some authors in A. filiculoides s. lat. European populations have mostly been cited as "A. caroliniana" or "A. microphylla"
Synonyms: hidden
= Azolla bonariensis Bertol.; Misc. Bot. [Bertoloni] 21: t. 5, f. 2a,b (1861)
= Azolla densa Desv.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 178 (1827)
= Azolla filiculoides subsp. cristata (Kaulf.) Fraser-Jenk.; Adansonia, Ser. 3, 38(4): 178 (2012)
= Azolla mexicana Schltdl. & Cham. ex Kunze; Linnaea 18: 352 (1845)
= Azolla microphylla Kaulf.; Enum. Filic. [Kaulfuss] 273 (1824)
= Azolla portoricensis Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(1): 9 (1827)
= Salvinia azolla Raddi; Pl. Bras. Nov. Gen. 1: 2, t. 1, f. 3 (1825)
species :
Azolla filiculoides Lam.; Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.] 1: 3 (1783)
Name: Großer Algenfarn (DE); Large Mosquito Fern, Ferny Azolla, Pacific Azolla (EN); Karearera, Retoreto (Maori); Tembladerilla, luchecillo (ES), Flor del pato, tembladerilla, luchecillo, jupajupa [Chile]
Distribution: England [I] (England [I], Wales [I], S-Scotland [I], Isle of Man [I]); Ireland [I] (Ireland [I], Northern Ireland [I]); Netherlands [I]; Belgium [I]; Germany [I] (Brandenburg [I], Berlin [I], Baden-Württemberg [I], Bayern [I], Hessen [I], Hamburg [I], Mecklenburg-Vorpommern [I], Niedersachsen [I], Nordrhein-Westfalen [I], Rheinland-Pfalz [I], Schleswig-Holstein [I], Saarland [I], Sachsen [I], Sachsen-Anhalt [I]); Czech Republic [I]; Slovakia [I]; Hungary [I]; Portugal [I]; Spain [I]; France [I]; Channel Isl. [I]; Sardinia [I]; Italy [I]; Croatia [I]; Albania [I]; Romania [I]; Greece [I]; European Russia [I]; Moldova [I]; Morocco [I]; Egypt [I]; Canary Isl. [I] (Tenerife [I], Gran Canaria [I]); Zimbabwe [I]; Namibia [I]; South Africa [I] (widespread [I]); Lesotho [I]; Tajikistan [I]; Turkey (Anatolia [I]); Iraq [I]; S-China [I]; Japan [I]; Ryukyu Isl. [I]; Taiwan [I]; Nepal [I]; India [I] (widespread); Bangladesh [I]; Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); Alaska; Canada (British Columbia); USA (Arizona, California, Oregon, Texas, Washington State); Mexico (Baja California Norte, Chihuahua, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tlaxcala, Veracruz); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Trinidad; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Boyacá, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, Meta, Risaralda, Vaupés); Venezuela (Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Tachira, Zulia); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Pará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Alto Paraná, Cordillera, Pres. Hayes); Uruguay (Artigas, Colonia, Maldonado, Montevideo, Rio Negro, Rocha, Salto, Soriano); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Chaco, Formosa Prov., Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Rio Negro, Salta, Santa Cruz Prov., Santa Fe Prov., San Juan); Chile (Arica y Parinacota, Tarapacá, Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago, O´Higgins, Maule, Ñuble, Biobío, Araucanía, Los Rios, Los Lagos, Aisén); Tristan da Cunha (Inaccessible Isl.)
10 grb ire 11 bgm cze ger hun net slo 12 cis fra por sar spa 13 alb cro grc ita rom 14 mld rus 20 egy mor 21 cny 26 zim 27 les nam saf 32 tzk 34 irq TUR 36 chi 38 jap nns tai 40 ban ind nep 63 haw 70 ASK 71 CDN 73 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX 80 ELS GUA HON NIC 81 TRT 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG CLE PAR URU 91 TDC
Synonyms: hidden
= Azolla arbuscula Desv.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 178 (1827)
= Azolla japonica Franch. & Sav.; Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 196 (1876) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 2008)
= Azolla magellanica Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5(1): 541 (1810)
= Azolla pinnata var. japonica Franch. & Sav.; (1879)
= Azolla squamosa Molina; Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili, ed. 2: 125 (1810)
species :
Azolla nilotica Decne.; Pl. Tinn. 54, t. 25 (1867)
Name: Nile Azolla
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
23 BUR RWA ZAI 24 ETH SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
Remarks: Sect. Rhizosperma
species :
Azolla pinnata R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 167 (1810)
subspecies :
subsp. pinnata
Name: Ferny Azolla, Pacific Azolla, Feathered mosquitofern
Distribution: India [I] (Kerala [I]); Australia (Australian Capital Territory, SW-Western Australia, N-Northern Territory, SE-South Australia, E-Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales); New Zealand [I] (North Isl. [I]); New Caledonia; +Tuvalu [I] (+Funafuti [I]); Marshall Isl.. [I] (Majuro [I]); USA [I] (California [I], North Carolina [I])
40 ind 50 AUS 51 nzl 60 NWC tuv 76 usa 78 usa
Remarks: Sect. Rhizosperma
Synonyms: hidden
= Rhizosperma pinnata (R.Br.) Meyen; (1836)
subspecies :
subsp. africana (Desv.) R.M.K.Saunders & K.Fowler; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 109(3): 351 (1992)
Name: African Azolla
Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Chad; Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal); Madagascar
22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB IVO LBR MLI NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 BUR CMN CON GAB RWA ZAI 24 CHA ETH SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF 29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Azolla africana Desv.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 178 (1827)
= Azolla guineensis Schumach.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. (Vid. Selsk. Afh. 4): 236 (seors 462) (1827)
= Azolla pinnata var. africana (Desv.) Baker; J. Bot. 25 (1886), 101 (1887)
subspecies :
subsp. asiatica R.M.K.Saunders & K.Fowler; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 109(3): 349 (1992)
Distribution: ?E-Afghanistan; China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); South Korea; Japan; Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Pakistan; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, ?Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore [I]; Sumatra; Borneo (Sabah); Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Lombok, Bali, Alor); Moluccas; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
36 CHI 38 JAP KOR NNS TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP PAK SRL 41 MYA THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI sng SUL SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Azolla decomposita Zoll.; Syst. Verz. [Zollinger] 51, 52 (1854)
= Azolla imbricata (Roxb. ex Griff.) Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 39: 185 (1925)
= Azolla imbricata var. prolifera Y.X.Lin; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18(4): 454 (1980)
= Azolla imbricata var. sempervirens Y.X.Lin; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18(4): 454 (1980)
= Azolla pinnata var. imbricata (Roxb. ex Griff.) Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 7: 130 (1918)
= Salvinia imbricata (R.Br.) Roxb. ex Griff.; Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 470 (1844)
species :
Azolla rubra R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 167 (1810)
Distribution: Australia (Australian Capital Territory, SW-Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, S-Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania); New Zealand (North Isl., South Isl.)
50 AUS 51 NZL
Remarks: valid species separate from A. filiculoides fide Reid et al. (2006)
Synonyms: hidden
= Azolla filiculoides var. rubra (R.Br.) Strasb.; Azolla 78 (1873)
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