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Azolla caroliniana

Carolina mosquito-fern

Photo: (c) Riley-Brendan Walsh, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Riley-Brendan Walsh (iNaturalist)

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Bishop specimens

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Type specimens

1881

First collected

1899

Last collected

2026

Last seen alive

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Azolla caroliniana, most mentions first.

  1. 2025

  2. 2020

    New Hawaiian plant records from Herbarium Pacificum for 2019

    Imada, C.T. & Kennedy, B.H. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

  3. 2019

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2019: Volume

    Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

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Two centuries of collecting

1880s1890s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1881 by Miciol; Magnier, C. (Finistere: Acclimate sur les bassins du Jardin de l'Hopital de la Marine, a Brest.). The Museum last collected it in 1899; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as October 27, 2026.

From the collection

Azolla caroliniana, 150043Azolla caroliniana, 35049Azolla caroliniana, 24637

Alive today

692 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild since 2000. Most recent first.