African Plant Database


Lemna gibba L.
Family : Lemnaceae
Family (APGIII) : ARACEAE
Protologue : Sp. Pl. 2: 970 (1753)  
Information on the genus : Lemna
 
 
Status
Status for NA : accepted (present)
Status for SA : accepted (present)
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Lenticula gibbosa P. Renault
=Telmatophace gibbosa (P. Renault) Montandon
=Telmatophace arrhiza Schur
=Telmatophace generalis E.H. L. Krause
 
Ecology and distribution
Trop. Afr.
Biology : Free-floating aquatic herb covering the water surface; frond to 4 mm thick, broadly ovate, asymmetric, slightly convex, 1-8x0,8-6 mm, yellowish-green above, often reddish beneath and almost hemispherical and spongy with large inflated hyaline cells and air spaces (large cells evident in the flat form); without distinct papillae or with papillae near tip of frond; veins 4-5(-7); daughter fronds budding laterally, 2-3 remaining attached with very short stipes; root 1, > 3 cm long, sheath not winged, cap rounded; fruit with winged margins; seeds whitish, 8-16-ribbed.
Ecology : Pools, ditches, still fresh water, rice fields; 700-3000 m alt.
  The typical spongy form is easily identifiable. The flat form is difficult to separate from L. minor (a comparative table in Quad. Bot. Amb. Appl. 15: 136, 2005).
South. Afr.
Biol./Eco : perennial-Herb, Hydrophyte, Pleustophyte- Alt: 5 - 1530 m. Distribution: BOT, EC, FS, GA, KN, LP, NW, WC

Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
  • César J. & C. Chatelain (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména

Bibliography for Southern Africa :
  • Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 3: 81 (1995).

Bibliography for North Africa :
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  • Cat. Pl. Maroc 1: 109 (1931). 
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  • ALI, S. I., S. M. H. JAFRI & A. EL GADI (ed.) (1989). Flora of Libya. 111: 2
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Record n°15696 modified 2009-08-17
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