Lemna minor L.
Show more
Details
Biostatus
Nomenclature
L.
L.
1753
ICN
Lemna minor L.
species
Lemna minor
Classification
Vernacular names
Descriptions
Lemna minor L.
2n = 20, 30, 40, 42
2n = 20, 40, 42
2n = 30
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.
Taxonomic concepts
Historic biostatus
Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
we question the "exotic" biostatus of L. minor in NZ proposed by Landolt 1986 and regard L. minor as indigenous.
Collections
Metadata
9dd7283a-f369-4cb5-bf03-47d6ec71f1b5
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
2 June 2011