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Azolla cristata  Kaulf.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 898983

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Azolla mexicana Schltdl. & Cham. ex C. Presl
  
    Azolla portoricensis Spreng.
  
    Azolla mexicana Schltdl. & Cham. ex Kunze
  
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  Current Standing: accepted  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionPolypodiophytina   
                   ClassPolypodiopsida  – leptosporangiate ferns  
                      SubclassPolypodiidae   
                         OrderSalviniales  – water ferns, heterosporous ferns  
                            FamilySalviniaceae  – water ferns, floating ferns  
                               GenusAzolla Lam. – mosquito ferns, water ferns, mosquitoferns  
                                  SpeciesAzolla cristata Kaulf.  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Evrard, C., and C. Van Hove   
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Taxonomy of the American Azolla species (Azollaceae): a critical review   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematics and Geography of Plants, vol. 74, no. 2   
  Page(s): 301-318   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1374-7886   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/3668500   
  Reference for: Azolla cristata   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
    Middle America  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Caribbean  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Canada, Native  
 

 

    

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