Lemna minor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alismatales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Lemnoideae
Genus: Lemna
Species: Lemna minor

Name

Lemna minor L. Sp.Pl. 970. 1753

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Lenticula minor (L.) Scop., Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 213 (1772).
- Hydrophace minor (L.) Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 4: 23 (1901).
Heterotypic
- Lenticula palustris Garsault, Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 336 (1764), opus utique oppr.
- Lenticula vulgaris Lam., Fl. Franç. 2: 189 (1779).
- Lemna vulgaris (Lam.) Lam., Encycl. 3: 464 (1792).
- Lemna minima Thuill. ex P.Beauv., J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Élément 82: 113 (1816).
- Lemna palustris Haenke ex Mert. & W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 1: 295 (1823).
- Lemna minor var. minima Chevall., Fl. Gén. Env. Paris 2: 256 (1827).
- Lemna obcordata Bojer, Hortus Maurit.: 358 (1837), not validly publ.
- Lemna conjugata Willd. ex Schleid., Linnaea 13: 391 (1839), not validly publ.
- Lemna ovata A.Br. ex C.Krauss, Flora 28: 344 (1845).
- Lenticula minima (Chev.) Kurz, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 266 (1866).
- Lemna minor var. orbiculata Austin in A.Gray, Manual, ed. 5: 479 (1867).
- Lemna minor var. oxymitra Hegelm., Lemnac.: 143 (1868).
- Lemna monorhiza Montandon, Guide Bot. Sundgau: 308 (1868).
- Lenticularia monorhiza Montandon, Guide Bot. Sundgau: 308 (1868).
- Lemna rwandensis De Sloover, Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 43: 366 (1973).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan
- - Afghanistan; Alabama; Alaska; Albania; Alberta; Algeria; Altay; Amur; Arizona; Arkansas; Ascension; Austria; Azores; Baleares; Baltic States; Bangladesh; Belarus; Belgium; Bermuda; Brazil Northeast; British Columbia; Bulgaria; Buryatiya; California; Cambodia; Canary Is.; Cape Provinces; Cape Verde; Central European Russia; Chad; Chita; Colorado; Connecticut; Corse; Cyprus; Czechoslovakia; Delaware; Denmark; District of Columbia; East Aegean Is.; East European Russia; Egypt; El Salvador; Ethiopia; Finland; Florida; France; Faroe Islands; Georgia; Germany; Great Britain; Greece; Honduras; Hungary; Iceland; Idaho; Illinois; India; Indiana; Iowa; Iran; Iraq; Ireland; Irkutsk; Italy; Japan; Kamchatka; Kansas; Kazakhstan; Kentucky; Kenya; Khabarovsk; Kirgizstan; Krasnoyarsk; Kriti; Krym; KwaZulu-Natal; Labrador; Lebanon-Syria; Lesotho; Libya; Louisiana; Madeira; Magadan; Maine; Malaya; Manitoba; Maryland; Masachusettes; Mexico Central; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Northwest; Mexico Southwest; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Montana; Morocco; Mozambique; Nebraska; Nepal; Netherlands; Nevada; New Brunswick; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York; New Zealand South; Newfoundland; Nicaragua; North Carolina; North Caucasus; North Dakota; North European Russia; Northern Provinces; Northwest European Russia; Norway; Nova Scotia; Ohio; Oklahoma; Ontario; Oregon; Pakistan; Palestine; Pennsylvania; Philippines; Poland; Portugal; Primorye; Prince Edward I.; Quebec; Queensland; Rhode I.; Romania; Sakhalin; Sardegna; Saskatchewan; Sicilia; Sinai; South Carolina; South Dakota; South European Russia; Spain; St.Helena; Sudan; Svalbard; Sweden; Switzerland; Tadzhikistan; Tennessee; Texas; Transcaucasus; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkey-in-Europe; Turkmenistan; Tuva; Uganda; Ukraine; Utah; Uzbekistan; Vermont; Virginia; Washington; West Himalaya; West Siberia; West Virginia; Wisconsin; Wyoming; Xinjiang; Yakutskiya; Yugoslavia; Zare

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 970. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Lemna minor in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Lemna minor. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 10 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Lemna minor in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 10.
Tropicos.org 2018. Lemna minor. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Nov. 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lemna minor in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
FloraWeb

Vernacular names

العربية: لمنة صغرى
català: Llentilla d'aigua, Llentia d'aigua
kaszëbsczi: Drobnô rzãsa
čeština: okřehek menší, žabinec
Cymraeg: Llinad y dŵr
dansk: Liden Andemad
Deutsch: Kleine Wasserlinse, Entengrütze
English: Common duckweed, Lesser duckweed
Esperanto: Pli malgranda lemno
español: lenteja de agua
eesti: Väike lemmel
suomi: Pikkulimaska
Nordfriisk: Podkluader
français: Petite lentille d'eau
galego: Lentella de auga
עברית: עדשת מים זעירה
hornjoserbsce: Mała kačizna
magyar: Apró békalencse
italiano: Lenticchia d'acqua, Lenticchie d'acqua
日本語: コウキクサ
lietuvių: Mažoji plūdena
Nederlands: Klein kroos
norsk: Andemat
polski: Rzęsa drobna, Rzęsa wodna, Rzęsa mniejsza
русский: Ряска малая
slovenčina: žaburinka menšia
svenska: Vanlig andmat
українська: Ряска мала
粵語: 浮飄
中文: 浮萍

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