Family: Araceae
Spirodela punctata
Citation:
C. Thompson, Ann. Rep. Miss. Bot. Gard. 1898:28 (1898).
Synonymy: Lemna punctata G. Meyer, Prim. Fl. Esseq. 262 (1818); L. oligorrhiza Kurz, J. Linn. Soc.(Bot) 8:267 (1866); S. oligorrhiza (Kurz) Hegelm., Lemnaceen 147 (1868).
, Landoltia punctata Common name: Thin duckweed.
Description:
Thallus 2-5 mm long, somewhat biconvex, elliptic to obovate, opaque; roots usually 2-8, to 4 cm long.
Published illustration:
Aston (1973) Aquatic plants of Australia, fig. 100.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: MU, SL, SE. All mainland States except the N.T. Almost cosmopolitan.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: No flowering time is available |
SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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