Salviniaceae
Azolla

Azolla africana Desv.

First published in Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 178 (1827)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar. It is a hydroperennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Azolla pinnata subsp. africana.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Nakai in Bot. Mag. Tokyo 39: 184 (1925).
  • in Ann. Soc. Linn. Par. 6: 187 (1827)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [6202] Tanzania Azolla pinnata subsp. africana K000468223 No
Luke et al . [10297] Kenya Azolla pinnata subsp. africana K000449485 No

Sources

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0