| Wolffiella rotunda Landolt |
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Family : Lemnaceae |
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Family (APGIII) : ARACEAE |
| Protologue : Veröff. Geobot. Inst. Rübel Zürich 70: 26 (1980) |
| Information on the genus : Wolffiella |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Frond floating on water surface 1-2 together, ovate, 1-3x0,9-3 mm, without teeth along margin; with many stomata; air spaces indistinct, only around base; pigment cells absent; vegetative and reproductive fronds similar; with a tract of elongated cells situated in the median line of the lower wall of the pouch that is lacking appendage. Flowering and fruiting in the field. |
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| Ecology : |
Pan in mopane woodland; often mixed with Lemna aequinoctialis, Wolffiella repanda, Pistia; 450-500 m alt. |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- LEBRUN, J. P. & A. L. STORK (1995). Enumération des plantes à fleurs d’Afrique tropicale. Monocotyledones: Limnocharitaceae à Poaceae. Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 3: 81
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°15691 |
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