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Lemna minor L.

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Is NZ relevant
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This is indigenous
Threat status: Not threatened
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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. (1970)

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L.
L.
1753
ICN
Lemna minor L.
species
Lemna minor

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Alismatales
Araceae
Lemna
minor

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Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Lemna minor L.

2n = 20, 30, 40, 42
2n = 20, 40, 42
2n = 30
Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. 1970: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. II. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Monocotyledones except Gramineae. Botany Division DSIR, Wellington.

Lemna minor L.

Platelets to 6 × 4 mm., but us. much smaller, suborbicular to elliptic-obovate, nearly symmetric; dorsal surface green, flat to slightly convex, obscurely 3-veined; ventral surface flat to slightly convex, occ. tinged with red or purple. Root single, long, its proximal part lying in a furrow in the frond tissue; root-cap conspicuous. Spathe open at top. Ovule solitary. Fr. ovoid, wingless, projecting beyond the pouch margin. Seed obovate, flattened, smooth; operculum ± flattened.

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Lemna minor L.
Lemna minor L.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Lemna L.
Lemna minor L.
Lemna minor L.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Lemna L.
Lemna minor L.
Lemna minor L.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Lemna L.
Lemna minor L.
Lemna minor L.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Lemna minor L.
Lemna minor L.
Lemna minor L.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Lemna minor L.
Lemna minor L.
Lemna minor L.
Landolt, E. (1986)
Lemna minor L.
Lemna minor L.
Lemna minor L.
Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. (1970)

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Landolt, E. (1986)
we question the "exotic" biostatus of L. minor in NZ proposed by Landolt 1986 and regard L. minor as indigenous.

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Lemna minor L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Lemna minor L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Lemna minor L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Lemna minor L.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
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9dd7283a-f369-4cb5-bf03-47d6ec71f1b5
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
2 June 2011
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