Biology:Wolffia columbiana

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Short description: Species of aquatic plant

Wolffia columbiana
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1913 illustration[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Wolffia
Species:
W. columbiana
Binomial name
Wolffia columbiana
H.Karst. (1865)[3]

Wolffia columbiana, the Columbian watermeal,[4] is a perennial aquatic plant in the subfamily Lemnoideae. This plant is distributed widely throughout North, Central, and South America, and also occurs in Curaçao.[3]

Wolffia columbiana from a pond in Laimergrube in Stammersdorf, Vienna-Floridsdorf

References

  1. Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 449.
  2. Maiz-Tome, L. (2016). "Wolffia columbiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T64326308A67731262. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T64326308A67731262.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/64326308/67731262. Retrieved 17 December 2022. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Wolffia columbiana in Flora of North America @ efloras.org Retrieved 2010-03-09
  4. USDA PLANTS Profile for Wolffia columbiana Retrieved 2010-03-09

Wikidata ☰ Q13962206 entry