Taxon:
Wolffia cylindracea Hegelm.
Summary
Place of publication:
Lemnac. 123. 1868
Verified:
05/25/1999
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2002. World checklist and bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae). URL: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
- Landolt, E. 1994. Taxonomy and ecology of the section Wolffia of the genus Wolffia (Lemnaceae). Ber. Geobot. Inst. E. T. H. Stiftung Rübel 60:148-149.
- Landolt, E. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
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 | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
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 |