Wolffia arrhiza

Taxonavigation

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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

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

Synonyms

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  • 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

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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

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Vernacular names

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