Wolffia columbiana

Wolffia columbiana

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 columbiana

Name

Wolffia columbiana H.Karst., 1865.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Grantia columbiana (H.Karst.) MacMill., Metasp. Minnesota Valley: 135 (1892).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: America Alabama; Argentina Northeast; Argentina Northwest; Arkansas; Bolivia; Brazil Northeast; Brazil South; Brazil West-Central; British Columbia; California; Colombia; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; District of Columbia; Ecuador; El Salvador; Florida; Georgia; Germany; Guatemala; Honduras; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Italy; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maine; Manitoba; Maryland; Masachusettes; Mexico Central; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Northwest; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Nebraska; Netherlands; Netherlands Antilles; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; North Carolina; North Dakota; Ohio; Oklahoma; Ontario; Oregon; Paraguay; Pennsylvania; Qubec; Saskatchewan; South Carolina; South Dakota; Tennessee; Texas; Uruguay; Venezuela; Vermont; Virginia; West Virginia; Wisconsin References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Karsten, G.H., 1865. Bot. Untersuch (Berlin) 1:103.

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: Columbian watermeal

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