Salviniaceae

Azolla caroliniana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salviniales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Tracheophyta
Divisio: Pteridophyta
Classis: Polypodiopsida
Ordo: Salviniales

Familia: Salviniaceae
Genera (2 + 1†): Azolla – Salvinia – †Azollopsis

Name

Salviniaceae Martinov, Tekhno-Bot. Slovar: 559. 1820 ("Salvinieae").

Remarks: The family Azollaceae should be kept as a separate family, as the many fossil and recent species of the genus Azolla show a quite different organization of the megaspores and microsporangia in comparison with the species of Salvinia.

Synonyms

  • Azollaceae Wettst., Handb. Syst. Bot. 2: 77. 1903
  • †Aziniaceae Balueva ex Boureau, Traité Paléobot. 4(1): 395. 1970.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Schwimmfarngewächse
suomi: Kellussaniaiskasvit
hrvatski: Nepačkovke
Nederlands: Vlotvarenfamilie
polski: Salwiniowate
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