Azolla Lamarck 1783 (fern)

Polypodiopsida - Salviniales - Polypodiidae

Parent taxon: Salviniaceae according to V. S. Perez Loinaze et al. 2023

See also Christophel 1976, CĂșneo et al. 2014, De Benedetti et al. 2018, De Benedetti et al. 2021, De Benedetti et al. 2023, De Benedetti et al. 2024, Hermsen et al. 2019, I 2016, Lakhanpal et al. 1976, McIver and Basinger 1993, Srivastava 1991, Stiles et al. 2020, Vallati et al. 2016, Vallati et al. 2017 and Vallati et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Ariadnaesporites, Azollophyllum, Massulites, Salvinia, Sausarospermum

Subtaxa: Azolla andreisii Azolla colhuehuapensis Azolla coloniensis Azolla deccanensis Azolla indica Azolla intertrappea Azolla keuja Azolla nana Azolla primaeva Azolla prisca Azolla schopfii Azolla stanleyi Azolla velus Azolla ventricosa

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Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (3 collections), the United Kingdom (3)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (2)

• Pliocene of Germany (2), the Russian Federation (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), Czechia (1), Germany (13), the Russian Federation (17)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (6), Australia (2)

• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), Germany (2), the Russian Federation (16)

• Eocene to Oligocene of the United Kingdom (1)

• Eocene of Argentina (2), Australia (2), Canada (4: British Columbia), United States (3: North Dakota, Wyoming)

• Paleocene to Eocene of the Netherlands (1)

• Paleocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (6), Belgium (1), Canada (8: Alberta, Saskatchewan), India (1), the Netherlands (10), United States (29: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)

• Tertiary of the Netherlands (1), the Russian Federation (1)

• Paleogene of India (1)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Antarctica (3), Argentina (3), Canada (3: Alberta)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Argentina (11), Canada (8: Alberta), United States (22: Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota)

Total: 193 collections including 291 occurrences

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