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Azolla Lam.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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Lam.
Lam.
Lamarck, J.B.A.P.M. de 1783: Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique. Vol. 1. Part 1. Panckoucke, Paris.
1783
343
ICN
Azolla Lam.
Azolla filiculoides Lam.
genus
Azolla
From the Greek azo (to dry), and ollyo (to kill), a reference to the fact that plants are killed by drying out.

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Salviniales
Salviniaceae
Azolla

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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 Lam.

Characters as for family.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Azolla Lam.

Floating aquatic ferns with short stems bearing long roots. Lvs monomorphic, c. 0.5-2 mm long, imbricate, lacking veins, 2-lobed; upper lobe green and usually papillate; lower lobe hyaline. Mega- and microsporangia borne separately in stalked sporocarps on the lower lobes of the lvs. Spores trilete.

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Azolla Lam.
Azolla Lam.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Azolla Lam.
Azolla Lam.
Kramer, K.U.; Green, P.S. (1990)
Azolla Lam.
Salviniaceae Martinov
Azolla Lam.
Azolla Lam.
Large, M.F.; Braggins, J.E. (1991)
Azolla Lam.
Azolla Lam.
Azolla Lam.
Metzgar, J.S.; Schneider, H.; Pryer, K.M. (2007)
Azolla Lam.
Azolla Lam.
Azolla Lam.
Reid, J.D.; Plunkett, G.M.; Peters, G.A. (2006)
Azolla Lam.
Azolla Lam.
Azolla Lam.
Tryon, A.F.; Lugardon, B. (1991)
Azolla Lam.
Azolla Lam.
Azolla Lam.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Etymology
From the Greek azo (to dry), and ollyo (to kill), a reference to the fact that plants are killed by drying out.

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41ac096c-8e21-4219-8d73-941612427df6
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
25 February 2015
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