Wolffia arrhiza (L.) Horkel ex Wimmer

 
  • Family : LEMNACEAE
    (Duckweed Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : LEMNA FMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : ARACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Wolffia arrhiza (L.) Horkel ex Wimm.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Aquatic, common throughout floating in ponds and tanks
  • Flower, Fruit : June-October
  • Collection Nos : HFP 2885
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Hassan district, Tumakuru district, Davanagare district, Mysuru district
    • Maharashtra : Nagpur district, Osmanabad district, Satara district
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Wolffia arrhiza. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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