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Taxon:
Wolffia arrhiza
(L.) Horkel ex Wimm.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Wolffia
Section:
Wolffia
Family:
Araceae
Subfamily:
Lemnoideae
Nomen number:
403878
Place of publication:
Fl. Schles. ed. 3, 140. 1857
Verified:
12/20/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Lemna arrhiza
L.
Autonym(s)
Wolffia arrhiza
(L.) Horkel ex Wimm. var.
arrhiza
No images
Reference(s)
Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/BSBI/taxonsearch.php
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Euro+Med Editorial Committee.
Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
FNA Editorial Committee.
2000. Flora of North America. 22:152.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Note:
introd.
Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin.
2002. World checklist and bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae).
URL:
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
Hickman, J. C., ed.
1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Jardin botanique national de Belgique.
1967-. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale).
Landolt, E.
1986. Biosystematic investigations in the family of duckweeds (Lemnaceae). 2. The family of Lemnaceae - a monographic study. Veröff. Geobot. Inst. ETH Stiftung Rübel Zürich 71:366.
Landolt, E.
1994. Taxonomy and ecology of the section
Wolffia
of the genus
Wolffia
(Lemnaceae). Ber. Geobot. Inst. E. T. H. Stiftung Rübel 60:147-148.
Landolt, E.
1996. pers. comm.
Note:
re. common names
Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson.
1976. Flora of Hassan district.
Skvortsov, A. K., ed.
2006. Flora of the Lower Volga region 1:316.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds.
1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Common names
English
rootless duckweed –
Reference(s)
German
wurzellose Zwergwasserlinse –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Algeria
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Morocco
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Angola
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Botswana
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Cape Province
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
KwaZulu-Natal
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Transvaal
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Côte D'Ivoire
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Senegal
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Togo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Burundi
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Rwanda
1
Native
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Madagascar
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Georgia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Iran
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Israel
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Jammu and Kashmir
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Belarus
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Russian Federation
Volgograd
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Ukraine
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Austria
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Belgium
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Germany
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Hungary
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Netherlands
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Poland
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
United Kingdom
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Bulgaria
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Croatia
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Italy
incl. Sicily
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Romania
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Serbia
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Slovenia
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
France
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
Portugal
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
Spain
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
4
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
4
Naturalized
Europe
Middle Europe
Czech Republic
4
Naturalized
Europe
Middle Europe
Slovakia
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A.
United States
California
s.
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Native
Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria
,
Morocco
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi
,
Rwanda
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Côte D'Ivoire
,
Ghana
,
Nigeria
,
Senegal
,
Togo
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
,
Mozambique
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana
,
South Africa
[Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
WESTERN ASIA:
Iran
,
Israel
CAUCASUS:
Georgia
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
[Jammu and Kashmir]
Europe
NORTHERN EUROPE:
United Kingdom
MIDDLE EUROPE:
Austria
,
Belgium
,
Germany
,
Hungary
,
Netherlands
,
Poland
EASTERN EUROPE:
Belarus
,
Russian Federation
[Volgograd],
Ukraine
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Bulgaria
,
Croatia
,
Italy
(incl. Sicily),
Romania
,
Serbia
,
Slovenia
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain
,
France
,
Portugal
Southern America
BRAZIL:
Brazil
[Rio de Janeiro]
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
EASTERN ASIA:
Japan
Europe
MIDDLE EUROPE:
Czech Republic
,
Slovakia
Northern America
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[California (s.)]
Southern America
BRAZIL:
Brazil
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
fodder
Landolt, E.
1996. pers. comm.
Note:
re. common names
Weed
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Name
References