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Lemnaceae (duckweed)

Angiospermae - Arales - Lemnaceae

Taxonomy
Lemnaceae was named by Gray. It is extant.

It was assigned to Arales by Knowlton (1919), McIver and Basinger (1993), Mabberley (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Lemnaceae Knowlton
1993Lemnaceae McIver and Basinger
2000Lemnaceae Mabberley

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
RankNameAuthor
classAngiospermae
subclassMonocotyledoneae
orderArales
familyLemnaceaeGray
familyLemnaceaeGray

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Lemnaceae Gray [duckweed]
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G. Lemna Linnaeus 1753 [duckweed]
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†Lemna bullata Lesquereux 1875
Lemna gibba Linnaeus 1753
Lemna minor Linnaeus 1753
Lemna polyrhiza Linnaeus 1753
†Lemna scutata Dawson 1875
Lemna trisulca Linnaeus 1753
G. †Lemnaceaepites Biswas 1962
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†Lemnaceaepites austinii Biswas 1962
G. †Limnobiophyllum Krassilov 1976
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†Limnobiophyllum scutatum Dawson 1875
G. Spirodela Schleiden 1839
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†Spirodela penicillata Lesquereux 1883
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available