Taxon:
Wolffia globosa (Roxb.) Hartog & Plas
Summary
Place of publication:
Blumea 18:367. 1970
Verified:
08/30/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- FNA Editorial Committee. 2000. Flora of North America. 22:152-153. 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
- 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 71:377.
- Landolt, E. 1994. Taxonomy and ecology of the section Wolffia of the genus Wolffia (Lemnaceae). Ber. Geobot. Inst. E. T. H. Stiftung Rübel 60:149.
- Landolt, E. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Henan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hubei Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jiangsu Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | Hong Kong | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Honshu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Kyushu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Shikoku | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Singapore | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | natzd.? |
6 | Other | | | | | perhaps natzd. elsewhere in Americas |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng], Hong Kong
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
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INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Ecuador
Naturalized
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [California (natzd.?)]
Other
(perhaps natzd. elsewhere in Americas)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | | Landolt, E. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. common names |
Human food | vegetable | | Landolt, E. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. common names |