Araceae
Lemna

Lemna disperma Hegelm.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 290 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Australia, New Zealand. It is a hydroannual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1979 Drummond, J. [s.n.] Australia K000499484 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Mueller F. [514] Australia K000499483 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1969 [illegible] [382] Australia K000950241 Unknown Type Material Yes
Healy, A.S. [51/127] New Zealand K002468026 Yes
Mason, R. [7187] New Zealand K002468024 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [25719] India K002467950 Yes
Gunn, R. [1015] New Zealand K002468025 Yes
Mason, R. [4545] New Zealand K002468023 Yes
Melville, R.; Wakefield, N. [2245] Australia K002468006 Yes
Giardelli, M.L. [551] Argentina K002468312 Yes
Melville, R.; Willis, J. [2121] Australia K002468005 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [24895] India K002467948 Yes
Cullen, E.A. [s.n.] Australia K002468008 Yes
Morrison, A. [s.n.] Australia K002468007 Yes
Mason, R. [2907] New Zealand K002468022 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [3989] Argentina K002468311 Yes
Morris, D.I. [s.n.] Australia K002468009 Yes
Melville, R.; Wakefield, N. [2216] Australia K002468010 Yes
K:SPC-24298.000 No
Gamble, J.S. [25784] India K002467949 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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