EPPO Global Database

Azolla filiculoides(AZOFI)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-08-21

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: AZOFI
  • Preferred name: Azolla filiculoides
  • Authority: Lamarck

Notes

Western North America (including Mexico), Central America, South America (except northwestern Brazil).  Introduced in Euromediterranean region (except north and east), Himalayas, China, Japan, Korea, South Africa. Potentially invasive in Britain, regulated as an invasive species in Poland

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Common names
Name Language
large mosquito fern English
Pacific azolla English (US)
Pacific mosquito fern English
red azolla English (AU)
water fern English (GB)
großer Algenfarn German
Lebermoosfarn German
azolla fausse-fougère French
azolle fausse-filicule French
fougère d'eau French
helecho acuático Spanish (BO)
lenteja de agua Spanish (BO)
azolla maggiore Italian
grote kroosvaren Dutch
almiscar-vegetal Portuguese
azola Portuguese
mossbräken Swedish
азолла папоротниковая Russian
andemadsbregne Danish
andemadsbregne Danish
kızıl eğrelti Turkish
azolah sherachit Hebrew
אָזוֹלָה שְׁרָכִית Hebrew
azolla karolińska Polish
nagylevelű moszatpáfrány Hungarian
обикновена азола Bulgarian
azol·la Catalan
xì yè mǎn jiāng hóng Chinese
细叶满江 Chinese
azola americká Czech
큰물개구리밥 Korean
keun mul gae gu ri bap Korean
azola papraďovitá Slovak
азола папоротевидна Ukrainian