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Spirodela

Angiospermae - Arales - Lemnaceae

Taxonomy
Spirodela was named by Schleiden (1839). It is extant.

It was reranked as Lemna (Spirodela) by Dawson (1875).

It was assigned to Lemna by Dawson (1875); and to Lemnaceae by Knowlton (1919), McIver and Basinger (1993).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Spirodela Schleiden
1875Lemna (Spirodela) Dawson
1919Spirodela Knowlton
1993Spirodela McIver and Basinger

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
RankNameAuthor
classAngiospermae
subclassMonocotyledoneae
orderArales
familyLemnaceaeGray
genusSpirodelaSchleiden 1839

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.

G. Spirodela Schleiden 1839
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Spirodela penicillata Lesquereux 1883
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available