Lemna aequinoctialis Welw.

First published in Apont.: 578 (1859)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropics & Subtropics. It is a hydroperennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses, as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Aldabra, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, India, Iowa, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Maryland, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Namibia, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, Southwest Caribbean, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Virginia, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Greece

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
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  • de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil. Acta Amazonica 45: 111-132.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • Welw. in Anaes Conselho Ultramar. 55: 543 (1858).

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Brown in F.T.A. 8: 203 (1902).
  • Cook, Aq. Wetl. Pl. Sthn. Africa: 158 (2004).
  • Welw. in Ann. Cons. Ultram., parte não official, sér.1 [Apontamentos phytogeographicos] 55: 578 (1859).
  • Wild in Kirkia 2: 29 (1961).

CATE Araceae

  • Landolt, E. 1986. The family of Lemnaceae - a monographic study, 1. Veröff. Geobot. Isnt. ETH (Stift. Rübel). 71: 1-563

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
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  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
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Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
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  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
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  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
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Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1979 Wright, C. [324] Japan K000499485 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gillett, J.B. [15624] Jordan K002467782 Yes
Stocks, J.E. [141] India K002467945 No
Ward, C.J. [2524] South Africa K002468177 Yes
Wright, C. [3722] Brazil K002468276 Yes
Aitchison, J.E.T. [572] India K002467946 Yes
Gless, W. [10899] Namibia K002468179 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Singapore K002467969 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [21459] K002468180 Yes
Walker, E.H.; Tawada, S.; Amano, T. [6012 a] Japan K002467897 Yes
Walker, E.H.; Tawada, S.; Amano, T. [6012 a] Japan K002467468 Yes
Walker, E.H.; Tawada, S.; Amano, T. [6012 a] Japan K002467467 Yes
Zollinger, H. [36091] K002467978 Yes
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [10299] Brazil K002468275 Yes
Gless, W. [13534] Namibia K002468178 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [7657] Guyana K002468279 Yes
Lutjeharms, W.J. [5387] Indonesia K002467979 Yes
s.coll. [5445] Brazil K002468278 Yes
McGregor, R.C. [23039] Philippines K002467989 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] India K000499499 Type Yes
Dinsmore, J.E. [11093] K002467783 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [6095] Egypt K002467781 Yes
Parker, R.N. [s.n.] India K002467944 Yes
{Pfund; kwoofua} [430] K002467784 Yes
Cowie, I.D. [1339] Australia K:SPC-56370.000 No
Aitchison, J.E.T. [538] India K002467943 Yes
Superintendent [s.n.] India K000499500 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002467932 Yes
Mear, A. [S.R.G.H. 468] Zimbabwe K:SPC-24296.000 No
Øllgaard, B.; Asanza C, E.; Brandbyge, J.; Roth, S.; Sperling, C. [35076] Ecuador K002468290 Yes
Uotila, P. [17608] India K002467931 Yes
Suhail, B.A. [260] India K002467947 Yes
Merrill [s.n.] Philippines K002467990 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [6112] Egypt K002467780 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [16088] Thailand K002467972 Yes
s.coll. [587] Spain K002467694 Yes
Wild, H. [4766 & 4767] Zimbabwe K:SPC-24297.000 No
s.coll. [587] K002467693 Yes
Spruce, R.; Exsicc, P.L. [s.n.] K002468289 Yes
Thompson, A. [(a)] Guyana K002468280 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Huayalla, H. [20996] Bolivia K001321494 Yes
Klaassen, E.S. [EK796] Namibia K002468175 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [4141] Kenya K:SPC-23247.000 No
Ward, C.J.; Ward, J.D. [143] South Africa K002468176 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K002468277 Yes
Wild, H. [4264] Zimbabwe K:SPC-23589.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000499498 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [5766] Spain K002467695 Yes
South Africa K:SPC-44233.000 No
Furuse, M. [47837] Japan Lemna paucicostata K002467901 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Japan Lemna paucicostata K002467898 Yes
Furuse, M. [46622] Japan Lemna paucicostata K002467900 Yes
Furuse, M. [46622] Japan Lemna paucicostata K002467899 Yes
Furuse, M. [47838] Japan Lemna paucicostata K002467902 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [11415] Kenya Lemna trinervis K:SPC-33949.000 No

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