azollaceous
English edit
Etymology edit
Azollaceae + -ous
Adjective edit
azollaceous (not comparable)
- (botany) Belonging to the Azollaceae.
- 1994, GW Rothwell, RA Stockey, “The role of Hydropteris pinnata gen. et sp. nov. in reconstructing the cladistics of heterosporous ferns”, in American Journal of Botany:
- The combination of filicalean frond structure, marsileaceous sporophyte morphology, and salviniaceous/azollaceous sporangial characters displayed by Hydropteris again raises the […]
- 1999, A ArchangelskyCJ PhippsTN Tayloret al., “Paleoazolla, a new heterosporous fern from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina”, in American Journal of […] :
- A comparison with other azollaceous and salviniaceous genera, particularly Azolla, is provided, together with a discussion of some evolutionary trends within the family.
- 1999, KM Pryer, “Phylogeny of Marsileaceous Ferns and Relationships of the Fossil Hydropteris pinnata Reconsidered”, in International Journal of Plant Sciences:
- Several extinct azollaceous spores have associated glochidia. The megaspore complexes […] The spores of living and extinct azollaceous ferns are the most elaborate among […]