Wolffia arrhiza

Wolffia arrhiza

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alismatales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Lemnoideae
Genus: Wolffia
Species: Wolffia arrhiza

Name

Wolffia arrhiza (L.) Horkel ex Wimm. Fl.Schles. ed.3:140. 1857

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Lemna arrhiza L., Mant. Pl. 2: 294 (1771).
• Homotypic
  • Lenticula arrhiza (L.) Lam., Fl. Franç. 2: 190 (1779).
  • Wolffia michelii Schleid., Beitr. Bot.: 233 (1844), nom. superfl.
  • Horkelia arrhiza (L.) Druce, Fl. Berkshire: 511 (1898).
• Heterotypic
  • Wolffia delilii Miq., Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 3: 429 (1855).
  • Bruniera vivipara Franch., Billotia 1: 25 (1864).
  • Lemna microscopica Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 635 (1866), not validly publ.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burundi; Canary Is.; Cape Provinces; Free State; Ghana; Guinea-Bissau; Ivory Coast; Kenya; Korea; KwaZulu-Natal; Madagascar; Morocco; Mozambique; Nansei-shoto; Nigeria; Rwanda; Senegal; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Zaire Continental: Europe Austria; Baltic States; Belgium; Bulgaria; Corse; Czechoslovakia; East European Russia; France; Germany; Great Britain; Greece; Hungary; Italy; Netherlands; Portugal; Romania; Sicilia; South European Russia; Spain; Ukraine; Yugoslavia Continental: Asie Bangladesh; India; Iran; Lebanon-Syria; North Caucasus; Northern Provinces; Palestine; Philippines; Taiwan; Transcaucasus; West Himalaya References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Horkel, J., 1857. Fl. Schles. ed. 3, 140.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Wolffia arrhiza in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Wolffia arrhiza. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 11 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Wolffia arrhiza in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 11.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Wolffia arrhiza. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Nov. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Wolffia arrhiza in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
• FloraWeb

Vernacular names

বাংলা: গুঁড়িপানা
Deutsch: Wurzellose Zwergwasserlinse, Wurzellose Wasserlinse
English: spotless watermeal, rootless duckweed
suomi: Vesilinssi
Nederlands: wortelloos kroos

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