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Azolla rubra R.Br.

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Azolla rubra R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 167 (1810)
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2014: Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: lectotypes in Marsileaceae and Salviniaceae (water ferns). New Zealand Journal of Botany 52(2): 270–271.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. (2013)

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R.Br.
R.Br.
Brown, R. 1810: Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen. Johnson, London.
1810
167
ICN
Azolla rubra R.Br.
species
Azolla rubra
From the Latin ruber (red), a reference to the colour of the plant when growing in exposed habitats.
Lectotype (selected by Brownsey & Perrie 2014): Budgery's Bridge [Badgery's Bridge, Nepean River, New South Wales], R. Brown, Apr. 1805, BM! (photo WELT E463/16)

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Salviniales
Salviniaceae
Azolla
rubra

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Azolla rubra R.Br.

Plants 1-2.5 cm. long, about ovate to suborbicular, bipinnate, often in extensive masses, green to reddish brown above. Fronds densely imbricate, c. 1·5 mm. long, 2-lobed, the lobes about ovate, obtuse. Larger sporocarps globose, c. 1·5 mm. diam. Massulae of microspores with numerous glochidia; megaspores with 3 floats.

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Azolla filiculoides var. rubra (R.Br.) Strasb.
Azolla filiculoides var. rubra (R.Br.) Strasb.
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. (2013)
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. (1985)
Azolla filiculoides Lam.
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. (2013)
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. (2014)
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Brownsey, P.J.; Smith-Dodsworth, J.C. (2000)
Azolla filiculoides Lam.
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Chinnock, R.J. (1998)
Azolla filiculoides Lam.
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Azolla rubra R.Br.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Metzgar, J.S.; Schneider, H.; Pryer, K.M. (2007)
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Reid, J.D.; Plunkett, G.M.; Peters, G.A. (2006)
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Saunders, R.M.K.; Fowler, K. (1993)
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Svenson, H.K. (1944)
Azolla filiculoides Lam.
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Azolla rubra R.Br.
Tindale, M.D.; Roy, S.K. (2002)
Azolla rubra R.Br.

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Azolla filiculoides var. rubra (R.Br.) Strasb.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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Azolla rubra R.Br.
New Zealand
1 Link to an external page
Azolla rubra R.Br.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Azolla rubra R.Br.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
2 Link to an external page
Azolla rubra R.Br.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
9 Link to an external page
Azolla rubra R.Br.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
5 Link to an external page
Azolla rubra R.Br.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
3 Link to an external page
Azolla rubra R.Br.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
13 Link to an external page
Azolla rubra R.Br.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
5 Link to an external page
Azolla rubra R.Br.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
20 Link to an external page
Azolla rubra R.Br.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
13 Link to an external page
Azolla rubra R.Br.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
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Azolla rubra R.Br.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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typification
Lectotype (selected by Brownsey & Perrie 2014): Budgery's Bridge [Badgery's Bridge, Nepean River, New South Wales], R. Brown, Apr. 1805, BM! (photo WELT E463/16)
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2014: Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: lectotypes in Marsileaceae and Salviniaceae (water ferns). New Zealand Journal of Botany 52(2): 270–271.
Etymology
From the Latin ruber (red), a reference to the colour of the plant when growing in exposed habitats.

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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
1 July 2014
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