794.000 Spirodela Schleid.

Description of the genus

Discoid, floating aquatics. Roots short, 3-18, clustered. Thalli solitary or a few cohering temporarily, reniform to rounded or obovate, flat or inflated, often reddish below; nerves 3-15. Budding pouches 2. Inflorescence of 1 female and 2 male flowers enclosed in a membranous spathe. Anther 2-thecous. Seeds longitudinally ribbed or smooth.

Worldwide: 4 species, cosmopolitan

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
polyrrhiza (L.) Schleid.	C,E,S	N,Mc,E,S

Other sources of information about Spirodela:

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Flora of Botswana: Spirodela
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Spirodela
Flora of Malawi: Spirodela
Flora of Mozambique: Spirodela
Flora of Zimbabwe: Spirodela

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Spirodela
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Spirodela
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Spirodela
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Spirodela
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iNaturalist: Spirodela
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Spirodela
JSTOR Plant Science: Spirodela
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Spirodela
Plants of the World Online: Spirodela
Tropicos: Spirodela
Wikipedia: Spirodela

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Spirodela.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=306, retrieved 18 April 2024

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