Index to
Ferns and Lycophytes of Japan

Family: Salviniaceae サンショウモ科 > Genus: Azolla Lam. アカウキクサ属
GreenList Taxon ID: 158

Accepted name

Azolla pinnata R.Br. subsp. asiatica R.M.K.Saunders et K.Fowler

アカウキクサ

Basionym and homotypic synonym(s)

Azolla pinnata R.Br. subsp. asiatica R.M.K.Saunders et K.Fowler, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 109(3): 349, 1992. Link Tropicos

Type information in the protologue:
T. Sorensen, K. Larsen & B. Hansen 1829 (north Phayao, Thailand, 1958.3.2) [K (holo)]

Heterotypic synonym(s) and/or incorporated taxa (forma or lower)

Salvinia imbricata Roxb. ex Griff., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 470, 1844. BHL Tropicos
Azolla pinnata R.Br. var. imbricata (Roxb. ex Griff.) Bonap., Notes Ptiridol. 7: 130, 1918. BHL Tropicos
Azolla imbricata (Roxb. ex Griff.) Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 39(463): 185, 1925. Link Tropicos

Type information in the protologue:
[specimen not specified] (throughout Bengal)
Designated type:
Lectotype - () [BR ("Isotypes or syntypes are in Geneva (2 sheets) and in the British Museum")] designated by C. V. Morton in Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 38: 379, 1974. Link
Digitized type material:
Herbarium & Reg. No. Type status Collector & No. Locality Coll. date
BR0000006959845LectotypeRoxburgh W., #S.N.India

Information on ploidy level and reproductive mode

Chromosome number Ploidy level Reproductive mode Locality Remarks Reference
2n=442xOkinawa Pref.Stergianou & Fowler 1990 (Pl. Syst. Evol. 173: 223-239)
2n=442xOkinawa Pref.Saunders & Fowler 1993 (Pl. Syst. Evol. 184: 175-193)