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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
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New Zealand
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Horkel ex Schleid
Schleid
1839
conserved
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Wolffia Horkel ex Schleid
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Wolffia

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Wolffia

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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
Wolffia Horkel ex Schleid
Wolffia Horkel ex Schleid
Wolffia Horkel ex Schleid
Wolffia Horkel ex Schleid
Wolffia Horkel ex Schleid

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9450cbd8-1424-4a54-9d0e-33536d481288
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
12 July 2011
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