Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Wolffia columbiana
FAMILY
Araceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Wolffia columbiana
FAMILY
Lemnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Wolffia columbiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)
Wolffia columbiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 033-03-001:
Wolffia columbiana FAMILY Lemnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bruneria columbiana
COMMON NAME:
Colombian Watermeal
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_woco_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Wolffia columbiana
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Wolffia columbiana
FAMILY
Lemnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Wolffia columbiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Wolffia columbiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 033-03-001:
Wolffia columbiana
FAMILY
Lemnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bruneria columbiana
2861
Floating aquatic (rootless); Forb
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Still to slowly moving waters of ponds, lakes, beaver ponds, and swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont
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LEAVES:
-
FLOWER:
Calyx absent
Petals absent
1 stamen in staminate flowers
Unisexual
FRUIT:
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