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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Azollaceae

Hierarchical position of the Family Azollaceae

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Polypodiophyta Cronquist syn. Filicinophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966. common name: ferns       Subdivisio  Polypodiophytina Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.       Classis  Polypodiopsida Cronquist pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966.       Subclassis  Salviniidae Cronquist, Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal pub. 1996    Ordo  Salviniales Britt. pub. Man. Fl. N. U.S.: 19. Oct 1901.    Familia  Azollaceae Wettst. pub. Handb. Syst. Bot. 2: 77. Nov 1903.

Named members of the Family Azollaceae

1	Subfamilia  Azolloideae Griff. pub. Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 5: 255. Jul 1844.
	2    Tribus  Azolleae Schenk pub. Flora 29: 506. 28 Aug 1846.   3    Genus  Azolla Lam. pub. (1783) common name: mosquitofern
4	Genus  Carpanthus Raf. pub. (1808)
5	Genus  Rhizosperma Meyen syn. Azolla Lam.

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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