PLANTS Profile for Lemna gibba (swollen duckweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Lemna gibba L.
swollen duckweed

Symbol:

LEGI

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Lemnaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Bolivia. Usage Requirements.

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Lemna gibba L.

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Distribution:
Lemna gibba L.


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Related Taxa:
Lemna gibba L.

View 5 genera in Lemnaceae, 9 species in Lemna

Classification:
Lemna gibba L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Arecidae
Order	Arales
Family	Lemnaceae – Duckweed family
Genus	Lemna L. – duckweed
Species	Lemna gibba L. – swollen duckweed

Wetland Indicator Status:
Lemna gibba L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

OBL

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More Accounts and Images:
Lemna gibba L.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42591.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 02/10/2010 05:40 AM MST