PLANTS Profile for Lemna obscura (little duckweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Lemna obscura (Austin) Daubs
little duckweed

Symbol:

LEOB2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Lemnaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I

More Information:

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Lemna obscura (Austin) Daubs

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Synonyms:
Lemna obscura (Austin) Daubs

LEMIO

Lemna minor L. var. obscura Austin

Distribution:
Lemna obscura (Austin) Daubs


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, DC, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV)

Related Taxa:
Lemna obscura (Austin) Daubs

View 5 genera in Lemnaceae, 9 species in Lemna

Classification:
Lemna obscura (Austin) Daubs

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Arecidae
Order	Arales
Family	Lemnaceae – Duckweed family
Genus	Lemna L. – duckweed
Species	Lemna obscura (Austin) Daubs – little duckweed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Lemna obscura (Austin) Daubs

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Pennsylvania:
little water duckweed		Extirpated

Introduced Information:
Lemna obscura (Austin) Daubs

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Lemna obscura (Austin) Daubs

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Lemna obscura (Austin) Daubs

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42593.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/10/2008 02:17 PM MDT