Azolla Lamarck 1783 (fern)

Polypodiopsida - Salviniales - Polypodiidae

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

See also Christophel 1976, 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 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), Japan (1), the United Kingdom (3)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (2)

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

• Miocene of Argentina (1), the Czech Republic (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 (3: British Columbia), United States (3: North Dakota, Wyoming)

• Paleocene to Eocene of the Netherlands (1)

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

• Paleocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (5), Belgium (1), Canada (8: Alberta, Saskatchewan), India (1), the Netherlands (10), United States (6: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)

• Paleogene of India (1)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Antarctica (3), Argentina (2), Canada (3: Alberta)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Argentina (7), Canada (8: Alberta), United States (7: Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota)

Total: 149 collections including 198 occurrences

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