Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Free-floating aquatic plants; rhizomes slender, roots simple. Leaves alternate in 2 rows, equally lobed with submerged lobe containing cavities with cyanobacteria and a chlorophyllous floating lobe, veins free. Sori in sporocarps borne in axils of submerged lobes.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Azolla Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=89
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings