Araceae
Valdivia duckweed
Lemna valdiviana
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Lemna
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Lemna valdivianaAraceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- لمنة يونغاسية
- English
- Valdivia duckweed
Synonyms
- Lemna cherokensis Schwein. ex Hegelm.
- Lemna cyclostasa (Elliott) Chevall. ex C.H.Thomps.
- Lemna minor var. cyclostasa Elliott
- Lemna minuta Raf.
- Lemna platyclados (Hegelm.) Hegelm.
- Lemna torreyi Austin
- Lemna valdiviana var. pellucida Hegelm.
- Lemna valdiviana var. platyclados Hegelm.
- Lemna valdiviana var. robusta Hegelm.
- Lemna valdiviana var. valdiviana
- Lemna yungensis Landolt
- Lenticula cyclostasa (Elliott) Kurz
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.