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Wolffia Horkel ex Schleid

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Wolffia Horkel ex Schleid (1839)
Wolffia Horkel ex Schleid

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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Schleid
Horkel ex Schleid
1839
conserved
ICN
Wolffia Horkel ex Schleid
genus
Wolffia

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Alismatales
Araceae
Wolffia

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Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. 1970: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. II. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Monocotyledones except Gramineae. Botany Division DSIR, Wellington.

Wolffia Horkel ex Schleid

Infl. in a cavity opening on the upper surface; one male and one female fl. together, without spathe. Ovule 1. Fr. spherical. Seed smooth; operculum prominent. Plants floating on water surface, budding from pouch at narrow end, platelets solitary or in twos. Platelets globose to ovoid, ± flat on top. Root absent. No red-purple pigment. About 8 spp., predominantly in tropical and subtropical areas.

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Wolffia Horkel ex Schleid
Wolffia Horkel ex Schleid
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Araceae Juss.
Wolffia Horkel ex Schleid
Wolffia Horkel ex Schleid
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Wolffia Horkel ex Schleid
Araceae Juss.
Wolffia Horkel ex Schleid
Wolffia Horkel ex Schleid
Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. (1970)

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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
12 July 2011
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