Landoltia punctata (G.Mey.) Les & D.J.Crawford

First published in Novon 9: 532 (1999 publ. 2000)
This name is a synonym of Spirodela punctata

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Ward, D.B. (2011). Spirodela oligorrhiza (Lemnaceae) is the correct name for the Lesser Greater Duckweed. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 5: 197-203. [Cited as Spirodela punctata.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Landoltia punctata.]
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. [Cited as Landoltia punctata.]
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. [Cited as Landoltia punctata.]
  • van Valkenburg, J.L.C.H. & Pot, R. (2007). Landoltia punctata (G.Mey.) D.H.Les & D.J.Crawford (Smal Kroos), nieuw voor Nederland. Gorteria; Mededelingenblad ten Dienste van de Floristiek en het Vegetatie-Onderzoek van Nederland 33: 41-49. [Cited as Landoltia punctata.]

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Les & D.J. Crawford in Novon 9: 532 (1999).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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