Azolla Lam.
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.302862 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1213417E-FFDA-FFD8-CD5C-FC8840D7CA40 |
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Plazi |
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Azolla Lam. |
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1. Azolla Lam. 2
Small aquatic plants. Leaves always harbouring the blue-green alga Anabaena , the upper lobe herbaceous, the lower larger and hyaline. Microsporangia producing several groups of microspores (massulae), often covered with specialized hairs (giochidia); megasporangia producing a single megaspore with 3 floats, which germinates at the water surface to produce a small prothallus.
The only genus.
Upper lobe of leaf obtuse, with a broad membranous margin 1. flliculoides
Upper lobe of leaf subacute, with a very narrow membranous margin 2. caroliniana
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