Pedigree: Azolla cristata

The PEDIGREE of

Azolla cristata

aka Carolina mosquitofern, water velvet

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													/	-- Superkingdom of Metabionta +	====> [ 61]
												/	-- Kingdom of Viridiplantae (Green Plants)
											/	-- Subkingdom of Streptophyta (Land plants)
										/	-- Branch of Stomatophytes
									/	-- Clade of Stomatophytes and Hornworts
								/	-- Interkingdom Polysporangiophytes
							/	-- Infrakingdom of Tracheophytes (Vascular Plants)
						/	-- Subphylum Euphyllophytina (Ferns & Seed Plants)
					/	-- Division Pteridophyta (Ferns & Horsetails)
				/	-- Class Polypodiopsida (Leptosporangiate ferns)
			/	-- Order Salviniales (Pepperwort ferns, etc.)
		/	-- Family Salviniaceae
	/	-- Genus Azolla (Mosquitoferns)
/	-- Section Azolla
\|	\											/	-- Earliest life +		====> [ 39]
\|	\|											\|		/ or: polyamide nucleic acid
\|	\|											/		/ or: glycol nucleic acid or: threose nucleic acid
\|	\										/	-- Earlier life (Based on RNA)
\|	\|										/		/ (skip this generation?)
\|	\|									/	-- Earlier Life (Based on RNA and Protein)
\|	\|								/	-- Last Universal Ancestor of Present Life
\|	\|								\|	\	/ OR: Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) +				====> [ 9]
\|	\|								\|	\|	/	-- Alkaline hydrothermal vents
\|	\|								/	\	-- Tiny cavities in iron sulphide rocks
\|	\|							/	-- Proto-Bacteria (3700 M BC)
\|	\|						/	-- Glycobacteria (Traditional Model)
\|	\|						/		/ OR: Subkingdom Terrabacteria (Terra-Hydro Model) +						====> [ 45]
\|	\|					/	-- Phylum Cyanobacteria (3000 M BC)
\|	\|				/	-- Class Cyanophyceae
\|	\|			/	-- Order Nostocales
\|	\|			/		/ or: Order Hormogonales
\|	\|		/	-- Family Nostocaceae
\|	\|	/	-- Genus Anabaena (Nitrogen-fixing plankton)
/	\	-- Anabaena azollae
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