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Lemnaceae

W/C = Wild Collected
Wolffia columbiana Karst.

  • Common Name: Common Wolffia
  • Family: Lemnaceae Gray

  • Country of Origin: N & S America
  • Habitat:

  • Description: Minute floating herb, among the smallest of flowering plants; Plant bodies globose, to 1/16 inch long, not dotted, with 3 papillae on upper surface, floating just beneath water surface.

    North and South America

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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198502635
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1969
  • Bench: 2313 - New Zealand/Australia
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-10-2011
Classification:

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