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Family : Lemnaceae |
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Family (APGIII) : ARACEAE |
Protologue : Sp. Pl. 2: 970 (1753)  |
| Information on the genus : Lemna |
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Status
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| Status for NA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Lenticula gibbosa P. Renault |
| =Telmatophace gibbosa (P. Renault) Montandon |
| =Telmatophace arrhiza Schur |
| =Telmatophace generalis E. H. L. Krause |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| 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. |
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| Ecology : |
Pools, ditches, still fresh water, rice fields; 700-3000 m alt. |
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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). |
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| Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Herb, Hydrophyte, Pleustophyte- Alt: 5 - 1530 m. Distribution: BOT, EC, FS, GA, KN, LP, NW, WC |
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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
Bibliography for North Africa :
- BATTANDIER, J. A. & TRABUT, M. (1895). Flore de l'Algérie et catalogue des plantes du Maroc. [Monocot. ou vol.2] 2: 14
- Bonnet, E. & Barratte, J. F.G. (1896). Exploration Scientifique de la Tunisie. Catalogue Raisonne des Plantes Vasculaires de la Tunisie.
- PAMPANINI, R. (1914). Piantae Tripolitanae.
- Cat. Pl. Maroc 1: 109 (1931).
- CUÉNOD, A. (1954). Flore analytique et synoptique de la Tunisie. Office de l'Expérimentation et de la Vulgarisation Agricoles.
- Fl. Afrique N. 4: 253 (1957).
- Fl. Algérie [Quézel & Santa] 1: 181 (1962).
- Fl. Eur. 5: 273 (1980).
- OZENDA, P. (1983). Flore et végétation du Sahara. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.
- VALDES, B., S. TALAVERA & E. FERNANDEZ-GALIANO (ed.) (1987). Flora Vascular de Andalucía Occidental, vol. 3 3: 212
- ALI, S. I., S. M. H. JAFRI & A. EL GADI (ed.) (1989). Flora of Libya. 111: 2
- Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 4: 114 (2005).
- List Fungi, Fl. Fau. Madeira Selv. Arch. : 207 (2008).
- BOULOS, L. & E. LE FLOC'H (2008). Flore de Tunisie : catalogue synonymique commenté
- FENNANE, M., M. IBN TATTOU, J. MATHEZ, A. OUYAHYA & J. EL OUALIDI (éd.) (2014). Flore Pratique du Maroc [vol.3] Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Sér. Bot. 3: 342
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The Euro-Mediterranean Plant Base |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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| Record n°15696 modified 2009-08-17 |
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