Salviniaceae
Azolla

Azolla pinnata R.Br.

First published in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 167 (1810)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Old World. It is a hydroperennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

California, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Nevada, New Zealand North, North Carolina

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2021). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 3: 1-450. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • Hsu, T.C., Chen, C.W., Knapp, R. & Hung, H.C. (2019). Ferns and Lycophytes I. The illustrated flora of Taiwan. Tai wan yuan sheng zhi wu quan tu jian 8(1): 1-448. Tai bei shi : Mao tou ying chu ban : Jia ting chuan mei cheng bang fen gong si fa xing.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 1: 1-897. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2021). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 3: 1-450. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • Hsu, T.C., Chen, C.W., Knapp, R. & Hung, H.C. (2019). Ferns and Lycophytes I. The illustrated flora of Taiwan. Tai wan yuan sheng zhi wu quan tu jian 8(1): 1-448. Tai bei shi : Mao tou ying chu ban : Jia ting chuan mei cheng bang fen gong si fa xing.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 1: 1-897. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 14, 1989 Schodde, R. [2673] K000570889 No
Aug 14, 1989 Darbyshire, P.J. [803] K000570888 No
Aug 14, 1989 Croft, J.R. [149] K000570887 No
Jan 1, 1989 Gwynne-Vaughan, D.T. [620] Malaysia K000570870 No
Jan 1, 1953 Eyma, P.J. [4885] Indonesia K000570881 No
Mueller, F, J.H.von [s.n.] Australia K001092617 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sinclair, J. [SFN39054] Malaysia K000570871 No
Flenley, J.R. [ANU2097] K000570884 No
India K:SPC-24338.000 No
Brown, R. [135] Australia K001092614 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hoogland, R.D; Craven, L.A. [10133] K000570882 No
Brown, R. [134] Australia K001092615 Unknown Type Material Yes
Flenley, J.R. [ANU2097] K000570883 No
Mueller, F, J.H.von [s.n.] Australia K001092619 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hartley, T.G. [10831] K000570890 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor [7060] Tanzania K:SPC-56473.000 No
Vanderplank, F.L. Tanzania K:SPC-22500.000 No
Jones, T.S. [384] Sierra Leone K:SPC-23641.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7092] K001126714 Unknown Type Material Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor [7011] Kenya K:SPC-56475.000 No
Bateson, G. [38] K000570886 No
Keleny, G.P. [2] K000570891 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7092] K001126715 Unknown Type Material Yes
Adamson, F.M. [416] Australia K001092616 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, C. [139] Australia K001092618 Unknown Type Material Yes
Parris, B.S.; Croxall, J.P. [7959] K000570885 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images