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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Lemna

Hierarchical position of the Genus Lemna

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Aridae Takht. pub. 1997       SuperOrdo  Aranae Thorne ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 235. 1992.       Ordo  Arales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 65. 1829.       Familia  Araceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 23. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Arums       Subfamilia  Lemnoideae Bab. pub. Man. Brit. Bot.: 320. Mai-Jul 1843.    Tribus  Lemneae Rich. ex A. Rich. pub. Arch. Bot. (Paris) 1: 200. 11 Mar 1833.    Genus  Lemna L. pub. (1753) common name: duckweed

Named members of the Genus Lemna

1	Species  aequinoctialis Welw. common name: lesser duckweed
2	Species  angolensis Welw. ex Hegelm. syn. Lemna aequinoctialis
3	Species  cyclostasa (Ell.) C.H. Thompson syn. Lemna valdiviana
4	Species  gibba L. common name: swollen duckweed
5	Species  minima Chev. ex Schleid. syn. Lemna minor
6	Species  minor L.
	7    Varietas  obscura Austin syn. Lemna obscura
8	Species  minuscula Herter syn. Lemna minuta
9	Species  minuta Kunth common name: least duckweed
10	Species  oblonga Phil. syn. Wolffiella oblonga
11	Species  obscura (Austin) Daubs common name: little duckweed
12	Species  paucicostata Hegelm. syn. Lemna aequinoctialis
13	Species  perpusilla Torr.
	14    Varietas  trinervis Austin syn. Lemna perpusilla
15	Species  torreyi Austin syn. Lemna valdiviana
16	Species  trinervis (Austin) Small syn. Lemna aequinoctialis
17	Species  trisulca L. common name: star duckweed
18	Species  turionifera Landolt common name: turion duckweed
19	Species  valdiviana Phil.
	20    Varietas  abbreviata Hegelm. syn. Lemna minuta 21    Varietas  minima Hegelm. syn. Lemna minuta

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.