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Lemnaceae

Wolffia columbiana Karst.

  • Query IPNI
  • 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: 11-30-1999
  • Bench: 2312 - Aquatics Tanks
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-25-2008
Classification:

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