Wolffia brasiliensis

Wolffia brasiliensis

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 brasiliensis

Name

Wolffia brasiliensis Wedd., 1849.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Grantia brasiliensis (Wedd.) MacMill., Metasp. Minnesota Valley: 134 (1892).
• Heterotypic
  • Wolffia punctata Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I.: 512 (1864).
  • Wolffia papulifera C.H.Thomps., Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 1898: 40 (1898).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: America Alabama; Argentina Northeast; Argentina Northwest; Arkansas; Bolivia; Brazil North; Brazil South; Brazil Southeast; Brazil West-Central; California; Chile Central; Colombia; Connecticut; Cuba; Delaware; District of Columbia; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Florida; Georgia; Guatemala; Haiti; Illinois; Indiana; Jamaica; Kansas; Kentucky; Leeward Is.; Louisiana; Maryland; Masachusettes; Mexico Central; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Nebraska; New Jersey; New York; North Carolina; Ohio; Oklahoma; Ontario; Paraguay; Pennsylvania; Puerto Rico; South Carolina; Suriname; Tennessee; Texas; Uruguay; Utah; Venezuela; Virginia; West Virginia; Windward Is.; Wisconsin References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Weddell, H.A., 1849. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 12:170.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Wolffia brasiliensis 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 brasiliensis. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 11 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Wolffia brasiliensis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 11.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Wolffia brasiliensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Nov. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Wolffia brasiliensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Brazilian watermeal

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