Azolla

See also: azolla

Translingual

Etymology

Coined by French naturalist Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, perhaps from Ancient Greek ἄζω (ázō, “dry”, verb) and ὀλλύω (ollúō, “kill”, verb), alluding to death from drought, or from an indigenous language of the Strait of Magellan, where the first specimen was collected.

Proper noun

Azolla f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Salviniaceae – atypical ferns resembling duckweeds.

Synonyms

• (genus): mosquito fern, duckweed fern, fairy moss, water fern

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Polypodiophytina – subphylum; Polypodiopsida – class; Salviniales – order; Salviniaceae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Azolla filiculoides (azolla, large mosquito fern, Pacific azolla, red azolla, red-water fern, water fern) – type species; Azolla caroliniana (fairy-moss, mosquito fern, mosquito-plant, eastern mosquito fern, Carolinian mosquito fern), Azolla cristata (Mexican mosquito fern, water velvet), Azolla nilotica (Nile azolla), Azolla pinnata (ferny azolla, Pacific azolla, feathered mosquito fern), Azolla rubra (red azolla, Pacific azolla) – other extant species

References

• Azolla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Azolla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Azolla on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons