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Lemnaceae

W/C = Wild Collected
Lemna minor L.

  • Query IPNI
  • 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 - Aquatics - Collections & Research
  • Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-05-2007
Classification:

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