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Azolla

The genus Azolla is in the family Salviniaceae in the major group Pteridophytes (Ferns and fern allies).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Azolla

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Azolla bonariensis Bertol. Unresolved L IPNI
Azolla caroliniana Willd. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Azolla circinata Oltz & Hall Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Azolla cristata Kaulf. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Azolla decomposita Zoll. Unresolved L IPNI
Azolla densa Desv. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Azolla filiculoides Lam. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18 1
Azolla imbricata (Roxb. ex Griff.) Nakai Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Azolla japonica Franch. & Sav. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Azolla mexicana C. Presl Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Azolla microphylla Kaulf. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Azolla nilotica Mett. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Azolla pinnata R. Br. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18 1
Azolla portoricensis Spreng. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 21 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Azolla. Of these 7 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 5 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Azolla. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 21 species names for the genus Azolla recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 7 33.3%
Synonym 7 33.3%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 7 33.3%

All names

The status of the 26 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Azolla recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 9 34.6%
Synonym 10 38.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 7 26.9%

The confidence with which the status of the 21 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Azolla, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 7 7 0 0 14 66.7%
Low confidence 0 0 0 7 7 33.3%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Azolla is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
IPNI 0 0 0 2 0 2 9.5%
Tropicos 7 7 0 5 0 19 90.5%