Accession Data:
Azolla caroliniana Willd.
- 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.
- USDA Zone: 7b-11
Accession Data:
- Accession # 198501201
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 2315 - Lily Pond
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 09-03-2024
Classification:
- Division: Ferns
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- SubClass: Polypodiidae
- Order: Salviniales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Salviniaceae
- SubFamily:
- Tribe:
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References (internal):
- Ferns & Fern Allies
- Aquatic Plants
- Acropleustophyte
- EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
- EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
- Accessions having Cyanobacteria-Plant Symbioses
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Ontario / Wisconsin / Indiana / Masachusettes / New York / Ohio / Texas / Alabama / Georgia / Kentucky / Louisiana / Maryland / Mississippi / North Carolina / South Carolina / Virginia / Mexico Southeast / Costa Rica / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / Cuba / Jamaica / Puerto Rico / French Guiana / Guyana / Suriname / Venezuela / Colombia / Peru / Brazil South / Argentina Northeast / Argentina Northwest / Uruguay
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, April 17, 2018.
- Azolla caroliniana at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, April 17, 2018.
data regenerated on Tue, 03 Sep 2024 15:36:01 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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