Lemnaceae

W/C = Wild Collected

Lemna minor L.

Common Name: Common Duckweed
Family: Lemnaceae Gray

Country of Origin: Cosmopolitan
Habitat: Still water

Description: Minute, floating perennial herb; plant bodies solitary or few-clustered, orbicular to elliptic-obovate, 1/16" - 3/16" long.
Cosmopolitan
Waterfowl feed on these plants.
Wayne Armstrongs treatment of the Lemnaceae
See also The Charms of Duckweed at MoBot

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Accession Data:

Accession # 198502634
Source: Unknown
Accession Date: 12-31-1985
Bench: 2306 - Temperate Asia - Low
Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-10-2011

Classification:

Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
SubClass: monocots
Order: Alismatales
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Family: Lemnaceae
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Lemnaceae

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