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Wolffia
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Species
Columbian Watermeal
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAlismatales
- FamilyAraceae
General: and tropical areas. Two species from one section (Wolffia) found
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 236
- With media
- 134
- Family
- Araceae
- Collections
- INECOL, UNIVASF, IBUNAM, US, SAT, MO
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Brasil, Belice, United States, Canada, Australia, Indonesia, Venezuela
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lemnoideae
- Named after
- Johann Friedrich Wolff
- Image
- WolffiaArrhiza2.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Wolffia
- topic's main category
- Category:Wolffia
- taxon name
- Wolffia
- taxon common name
- ситна леќа
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Description
- Physiology
- As food
- Species
- References
- External links
right|thumb|Close-up of floating aquatic plants: Spirodela polyrrhiza and [[Wolffia globosa; the very tiny Wolffia plants are under long.]]
Wolffia is a genus of aquatic plants with a cosmopolitan distribution. They include the smallest flowering plants on Earth. Commonly called watermeal or rootless duckweed, these aquatic plants resemble specks of cornmeal floating on the water. They often float together in pairs or form floating mats with related plants, such as Lemna and Spirodela species.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wolffia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.