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Salviniaceae

W/C = Wild Collected
Azolla caroliniana Willd.

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Mosquito Plant
  • Family: Salviniaceae Reichb.

  • Country of Origin: Mass to Wisc., s to W. Indies
  • Habitat: still water - ponds and marshes

  • Description: Azolla is a moss-like, free-floating fern widely distributed throughout the tropics and sub-tropics. Azollas live symbiotically with the blue-green alga, Anabaena, which inhabits a small cavity found in the base of each leaf.
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198501201
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1116 - AFR:Eastern Cape C
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 09-24-2009
Classification:

  • Division: Ferns
  • Class: Polypodiopsida
  • SubClass:
  • Order: Salviniales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Salviniaceae
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