PLANTS Profile for Wolffia brasiliensis (Brazilian watermeal)

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Wolffia brasiliensis Weddell
Brazilian watermeal

Symbol:

WOBR

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Lemnaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Wolffia brasiliensis Weddell

Wolffia papulifera

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 449. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Wolffia brasiliensis Weddell

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Synonyms:
Wolffia brasiliensis Weddell

	BRPU14	Bruniera punctata (Griseb.) Nieuwl.
	WOPA	Wolffia papulifera C.H. Thomp.
	WOPU2	Wolffia punctata Griseb.

Distribution:
Wolffia brasiliensis Weddell


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USA (AL, AR, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV)

Related Taxa:
Wolffia brasiliensis Weddell

View 5 genera in Lemnaceae, 5 species in Wolffia

Classification:
Wolffia brasiliensis Weddell

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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	Wolffia Horkel ex Schleid. – watermeal
Species	Wolffia brasiliensis Weddell – Brazilian watermeal

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Wolffia brasiliensis Weddell

The synonyms italicized and indented below are 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.

Michigan:
Wolffia papulifera
water-meal		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:
Wolffia brasiliensis Weddell

Wolffia papulifera:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Wolffia brasiliensis Weddell

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 505750.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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

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Wolffia brasiliensis Weddell

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Time Generated: 10/26/2008 10:07 PM MDT