Tribe Lemneae Rank Species | Subfamily Lemnoideae Genus Lemna Higher classification Lemna | |
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Similar Lemna, Duckweeds, Lemna gibba, Spirodela, Spirodela polyrhiza | ||
Tiger endlers with lemna trisulca
Lemna trisulca L. (syn. Staurogeton trisulcus (L.) Schur; star duckweed; ivy-leaved duckweed) is a species of aquatic plants in the genus Lemna (duckweed) with a subcosmopolitan distribution, occurring in quiet freshwater habitats in cool temperate regions. L. trisulca normally doesn't occur in warm temperate regions. Unlike other duckweeds, it has submersed rather than floating fronds, except when flowering or fruiting.
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- Tiger endlers with lemna trisulca
- Puntkroos lemna trisulca 8 juni 2011 wmv
- Description
- Distribution
- References
Puntkroos lemna trisulca 8 juni 2011 wmv
Description
The leaves usually grow submerged and are oblong-lanceolate in shape and are up to 14mm long. They are blunt at the end and taper to a tail-like stalk at the other.
Distribution
This species is widely distributed in cool-temperate regions, including Great Britain and Ireland, Asia (Bangladesh, China (Northern, Western, Southern [Taiwan, Yunnan]), India (Eastern, Northern), Indonesia (Sumatra, New Guinea), Brunei, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines); Europe; Oceania; N. America; and S. America.
