Wolffia columbiana

Wolffia columbiana (Columbian watermeal) is a perennial aquatic plant in the Duckweed family (Lemnaceae).[3] This plant is distributed widely throughout North, Central, and South America, and also occurs in Curaçao.[2]

Wolffia columbiana
1913 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Wolffia
Species:
W. columbiana
Binomial name
Wolffia columbiana

References

  1. Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 449.
  2. Wolffia columbiana in Flora of North America @ efloras.org Retrieved 2010-03-09
  3. USDA PLANTS Profile for Wolffia columbiana Retrieved 2010-03-09
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