Lemna Linnaeus 1753 (duckweed)

Angiospermae - Arales - Lemnaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200

Parent taxon: Lemnaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

See also Chauhan 1991, Kershaw 1976 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976

Sister taxa: Lemnaceaepites, Limnobiophyllum, Spirodela

Subtaxa: Lemna bullata Lemna scutata

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (14 collections), India (17), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Washington)

• Pliocene of Germany (5), the Russian Federation (1)

• Miocene of Germany (1), the Russian Federation (5)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

• Tertiary of the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 47 collections including 49 occurrences

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