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Azolla
Taxonomy
Azolla was named by Lamarck (1783). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by I (2016).
It was assigned to Azollaceae by McIver and Basinger (1993); and to Salviniaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Christophel (1976), Srivastava (1991), I (2016), Vallati et al. (2016), Vallati et al. (2017), Stiles et al. (2020), Vallati et al. (2020), Perez Loinaze et al. (2023), De Benedetti et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Azollaceae by McIver and Basinger (1993); and to Salviniaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Christophel (1976), Srivastava (1991), I (2016), Vallati et al. (2016), Vallati et al. (2017), Stiles et al. (2020), Vallati et al. (2020), Perez Loinaze et al. (2023), De Benedetti et al. (2024).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1783 | Azolla Lamarck |
| 1976 | Azolla Christophel |
| 1976 | Azolla Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1991 | Azolla Srivastava |
| 1993 | Azolla McIver and Basinger |
| 2016 | Azolla I |
| 2016 | Azolla Vallati et al. p. 498 |
| 2017 | Azolla Vallati et al. p. 47 |
| 2020 | Azolla Stiles et al. |
| 2020 | Azolla Vallati et al. p. 5 |
| 2023 | Azolla Perez Loinaze et al. |
| 2024 | Azolla De Benedetti et al. p. 7 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Azolla Lamarck 1783
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†Azolla andreisii De Benedetti et al. 2021
†Azolla colhuehuapensis Vallati et al. 2017
†Azolla coloniensis De Benedetti and Zamaloa 2018
†Azolla deccanensis Patil and Upadhya 1980
†Azolla indica Trivedi and Verma 1971
†Azolla intertrappea Sahni and Rao 1934
†Azolla keuja Hermsen et al. 2019
†Azolla nana Dorofeev 1980
†Azolla primaeva Arnold 1955
†Azolla prisca Reid and Chandler 1926
†Azolla schopfii Dijkstra 1961
†Azolla stanleyi Jain and Hall 1969
†Azolla velus Jain and Hall 1969
†Azolla ventricosa Dorofeev 1955
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 100.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (186 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cenomanian | USA (Minnesota) | A. sp. (31943 31945) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous - Early/Lower Paleocene | Argentina (Chubut) | A. like (195706) A. type (195707) | |
| Coniacian - Maastrichtian | Argentina (Chubut) | A. sp.1, A. sp.2, A. sp. (233992) | |
| Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | A. conspicua (33008 33034) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Montana) | A. simplex (34016) | |
| Campanian - Maastrichtian | Antarctica | A. sp. (167466) | |
| Campanian - Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | A. fistulosa (33040) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Mendoza) | A. rhizosperma, A. cretacea (168549) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | A. sp. (34894) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Neuquén) | A. sp. (150621) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Danian | Antarctica | A. sp. (167434) A. spp. (167588) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | A. sp. (94370) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Argentina (Río Negro) | A. sp. (238232) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | A. cretacea (32522) A. geneseana (34099) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (North Dakota) | A. gigantea (33437) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Argentina (Chubut) | A. sp.3 (234014) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Montana) | A. barbata, A. distincta, A. spinata (34094) A. circinata (32403) | |
| Maastrichtian | Argentina (Chubut) | A. sp. (168394) A. sp. 1, A. sp. 2, A. colhuehuapensis (233994) A. sp. 2 (233995) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (North Dakota) | A. circinata (234603) A. circinata, A. cretacea (234615 234616 234618 234620) A. circinata, A. cretacea, A. microspore (234421 234586 234599) A. circinata, A. microspore, A. cretacea (234422 234619) A. cretacea (234589) A. cretacea, A. circinata, A. microspore (234588) A. cretacea, A. microspore (234587) A. cretacea, A. sp. (84455) A. microspore (234420) A. microspore, A. circinata, A. cretacea (234585) | |
| Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | A. sp. (33044) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene | Canada (Alberta) | A. filosa (33088) A. lauta (33089) A. lauta, A. filosa, A. distincta (33087) | |
| Maastrichtian - Paleocene | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | A. sp. (31363) | |
| Puercan | Canada (Alberta) | A. schopfii (34026) | |
| Puercan | USA (Montana) | A. fragilis, A. elegans, A. velus (34106) | |
| Danian | Argentina (Chubut) | A. keuja (133753) | |
| Danian | USA (North Dakota) | A. circinata (234607 234627) A. circinata, A. cretacea (234582 234612) A. circinata, A. cretacea, A. microspore (234591 234596) A. circinata, A. microspore (234597 234608) A. circinata, A. microspore, A. cretacea (234613) A. cretacea (234622 234623) A. cretacea, A. circinata (234577 234578 234580 234581) A. cretacea, A. circinata, A. microspore (234624) A. cretacea, A. microspore, A. circinata (234590 234626) A. microspore (234593 234594 234610) A. microspore, A. cretacea (234614) A. microspore, A. cretacea, A. circinata (234625) | |
| Danian | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | A. sp. (168421 168422 168424 168432) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene | India (Madhya Pradesh) | A. sp., A. intertrappea (181126) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | A. cretacea (31296) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene | Canada (Alberta) | A. sp. (22834) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene - Danian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | A. sp. (167469) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | A. cretacea (31289) | |
| Paleocene | USA (South Dakota) | A. schopfi (34038) | |
| Paleocene | Canada (Saskatchewan) | A. schopfii (34424) A. schopfii, A. vellus (34431) | |
| Paleocene | Belgium | A. teschiana (34035) | |
| Paleocene | Canada (Alberta) | A. schopfi (33091) A. schopfii (34887) | |
| Paleocene | Netherlands | A. teschiana (33989 33998 33999 34000 34001 34002 34004 34005 34041 34042) | |
| Paleogene | India (Madhya Pradesh) | A. sp., A. intertrappea, A. deccanensis, A. indica (224606) | |
| Tertiary - Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | A. pseudopinnata, A. tomentosa (24322) | |
| Tertiary | Netherlands (Limburg) | A. teschiana (34450) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (North Dakota) | A. sp. (15000) | |
| Tiffanian | Canada (Alberta) | A. stanleyi (28522) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (North Dakota) | A. stanleyi (34107) | |
| Thanetian - Eocene | Netherlands (Maasniel) | A. teschiana (34405) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | A. sp.1 (11393) | |
| Ypresian | Argentina (Chubut) | A. TY004 (133019 133054) | |
| Ypresian | Canada (British Columbia) | A. primaeva (227994) | |
| Eocene | Canada (British Columbia) | A. primaeva (32896 32897) | |
| Graybullian | USA (Wyoming) | A. sp.1 (11360) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (North Dakota) | A. montana (34108) | |
| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | Australia (Queensland) | A. capricornica (32217 32218) | |
| Priabonian - Rupelian | United Kingdom (England) | A. prisca (32407) | |
| Rupelian | Russian Federation (Tiumensky) | A. sibirica (22849) A. sp. (22886) | |
| Oligocene | Canada (British Columbia) | A. primaeva (31673) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | A. tuganensis, A. ventricosa (23901) A. ventricosa (23905) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Germany (Saxony) | A. prisca (24922 24983) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | A. section Azolla (169006) A. sp. 2 (169237) | |
| Chattian - Rupelian | Russian Federation (Khanta-Fansiysky) | A. sibirica (22887) | |
| Chattian | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | A. tomentosa, A. parapinnata, A. ventricosa (22911) A. tuganensis, A. nikitinii, A. ventricosa (23781 23782) A. tuganensis, A. ventricosa (23673) A. ventricosa (22888 22889 22910 23114 23663 23669 23891) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | A. sp. (142321) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Argentina (Chubut) | A. sp. (143211 143212 143213 143214) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Miocene | Argentina | A. sp. (169468) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | A. tomentosa, A. ventricosa (23894) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Czechia | A. rosica, A. ventricosa, A. nana (210068) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | A. tomentosa (23906) A. tomentosa, A. sp. (23907) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Brandenburg) | A. filiculoides (23049) | |
| Middle Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | A. sp. (24078) A. tomentosa, A. aspera (24079) | |
| Middle Miocene | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | A. tomentosa, A. aspera, A. pseudopinnata (24081) | |
| Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Argentina (Chubut) | A. sp. (144210) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Saxen) | A. tomentosa (22897) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Brandenburg) | A. aspera (22899 23054 23665) A. aspera, A. tomentosa (23611 23677) A. nana (23610) A. nikitinii (23056) A. tomentosa (23044 23618 27379) | |
| Serravallian - Tortonian | Germany (Brandenburg) | A. nikitinii, A. sp., A. tegeliensis, A. tomentosa (27064) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Middle Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | A. tomentosa, A. aspera (24093) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | A. aspera (24099 24287) A. sp. (24324) A. tomentosa, A. aspera (24094 24098) A. tomentosa, A. aspera, A. pseudopinnata (24100 24286) A. tomentosa, A. pseudopinnata (24317 24320) A. tomentosa, A. pseudopinnata, A. aspera (24321) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Italy (Umbria) | A. filiculoides (51756 51757) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | A. interglacialica (24096) | |
| Piacenzian | Germany (Thuringia) | A. filiculoides (22781) A. tegeliensis (22780) | |
| Gelasian | United Kingdom | A. sp. (69541) | |
| Pleistocene | United Kingdom | A. telegiensis (34978) | |
| Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | A. filiculoides (34171) | |
| Holocene | China (Zhejiang) | A. pinnata (34023 34024 34025) |