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Spirodela polyrhiza

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Spirodela polyrhiza

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Also known as Spirodela polyrrhiza

species of plant

Species

Least Concern

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderAlismatales
  5. FamilyAraceae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater
Native toAlabama, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium
Observations recorded138,740

via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
2,946
With media
2,154
Family
Araceae
Collections
INECOL, CIBYC-UAEM, UJAT, FCN-UAQ, IBUNAM, NY
Recorded in
Mexico, United States, Canada

Wikidata facts

Instance of
model organism
Subclass of
herbaceous plant
Parent taxon
Spirodela
Image
Spirodela polyrrhiza marais poitevin.jpg
Has use
fodder
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taxon rank
species
taxon name
Spirodela polyrhiza
Commons category
Spirodela polyrrhiza
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
taxon common name
浮萍
Commons gallery
Spirodela polyrrhiza
taxon range
Guangdong
short name
S. polyrhiza
taxon author citation
(Ovcz. ) Tzvelev
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Encyclopedic overview

Spirodela polyrhiza (orth. var. S. polyrrhiza) is a species of duckweed known by the common names common duckmeat, greater duckweed, great duckmeat, common duckweed, giant duckweed, and duckmeat. It can be found nearly worldwide in many types of freshwater habitat.

Description

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spirodela polyrhiza” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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