GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Prohibited-Feathered mosquitofern (Azolla pinnata) is a small, nonnative, free-floating fern. The Azolla genus, which contains only 6 or 7 species, are the smallest ferns in the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -Azolla (mosquito fern, duckweed fern, fairy moss, water fern) is a genus of seven species of aquatic ferns in the family Salviniaceae. They are extremely reduced in form and specialized, looking nothing like other typical ferns but more resembling duckweed or some mosses.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ferns are non-flowering plants that need moist habitats, but very few kinds actually have adapted to live in the water-with the exception of a few species in the genus Azolla.

Detailed explanation-4: -Azolla pinnata is a species of fern known by several common names, including mosquitofern, feathered mosquitofern and water velvet.

Detailed explanation-5: -mosquito fern, (genus Azolla), genus of six or seven species of aquatic ferns of the family Salviniaceae. Members of Azolla are distributed nearly worldwide but are most diverse in tropical regions. Mosquito ferns float on the surface of still, fresh waters, sometimes becoming stranded on muddy banks.