Araceae

Wolffia Horkel ex Schleid

First published in Beitr. Bot. Gesam. Aufsätze 1: 233 (1844), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Alberta, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central European Russia, Chile Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cuba, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East European Russia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Florida, France, Free State, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malaya, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Romania, Rwanda, Saskatchewan, Senegal, Sicilia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Hawaii

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 8: 203.
  • in Linnaea 13: 389 (1839)

CATE Araceae

  • Landolt, E. 1998. Lemnaceae The Families and Genera of Flowering Plants.. 4: 264-270
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2008. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Daubs, Monogr. Lemnac.: 41 (1965)
  • Hegelm., Lemnac. Monogr.: 121 (1868)
  • N.E. Br. in F.T.A. 8: 203 (1901)
  • in Linnaea 13: 389 (1839)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1979 Richards; Arasululu [26355] Tanzania K000499396 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002468428 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [6117] K002468440 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Jayasuriya, M. [4657] Sri Lanka K:SPC-33554.002 No
Airy Shaw, H.K. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002468427 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002468430 Yes
Frankton, C. [s.n.] Canada K002468501 Yes
Moggridge, M. [s.n.] France K002468431 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [12326] United Kingdom K002468429 Yes
Nelmes, E. [820] United Kingdom K002468426 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [3952] Cameroon K:SPC-32691.001 No
Harley, R.; Giulietti, A.M.; Hind, N. [3401] Brazil K002468504 Yes

Sources

  • CATE Araceae

    • Haigh, A., Clark, B., Reynolds, L., Mayo, S.J., Croat, T.B., Lay, L., Boyce, P.C., Mora, M., Bogner, J., Sellaro, M., Wong, S.Y., Kostelac, C., Grayum, M.H., Keating, R.C., Ruckert, G., Naylor, M.F. and Hay, A., CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0