Araceae
Greater duckweed
Spirodela polyrhiza
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Spirodela
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Common names
By language (28)
- Arabic
- عدس الماء
- Armenian
- Բադիճուռ, Բազմարմատիկ
- Azerbaijani
- Adi üzgəcotu
- Belarusian
- Многакарэннік звычайны
- Bulgarian
- Многокоренчеста спиродела
- Cantonese
- 紫萍
- Chinese
- 水萍, 紫萍, 浮萍, 紫背浮萍
- Czech
- Závitka mnohokořenná
- Dutch
- Veelwortelig kroos
- English
- Greater duckweed, Giant duckweed, Great duckmeat, Great duckweed
- Estonian
- Hulgajuurine vesilääts
- Finnish
- Isolimaska, Silmuisolimaska
- French
- Lenticule à plusieurs racines, Lentille deau à plusieurs racines
- German
- Vielwurzelige Teichlinse, Vielwurzlige Teichlinse
- hsb
- Mnohokorjenaty křěk
- Icelandic
- Vatnadoppa
- Japanese
- ウキクサ, 浮草, 萍
- Korean
- 개구리밥
- lah
- بطخ بوٹی
- Lithuanian
- Daugiašakė maurė
- Macedonian
- Меѓукоренеста спиродела
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Storandemat
- Persian
- عدسک آبی پرریشه
- Slovak
- Spirodelka mnohokoreňová
- Spanish
- Lenteja de agua
- Swedish
- Stor andmat
- Thai
- แหนเป็ดใหญ่
- Welsh
- Llinad mawr
Synonyms
- Lemna bannatica Waldst. & Kit. ex Schleid.
- Lemna major Griff.
- Lemna maxima Blatt. & Hallb.
- Lemna obcordata P.Beauv.
- Lemna orbicularis Kit. ex Schult.
- Lemna orbiculata Roxb.
- Lemna polyrhiza L.
- Lemna polyrhiza var. concolor Kurz
- Lemna polyrrhiza var. concolor Kurz
- Lemna thermalis P.Beauv. ex Nutt.
- Lemna thermalis P.Beauv.
- Lemna transsilvanica Schur
- Lemna umbonata A.Braun ex Hegelm.
- Lenticula polyrhiza (L.) Lam.
- Spirodela atropurpurea Friche-Joset & Montandon
- Spirodela atropurpurea Montandon
- Spirodela maxima (Blatt. & Hallb.) McCann
- Spirodela polyrhiza var. masonii Daubs
- Spirodela polyrrhiza var. masonii Daubs
- Telmatophace orbicularis (Kit. ex Schult.) Schur
- Telmatophace polyrhiza (L.) Godr.
Photos
Photo: Victor Engel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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Photo: Reuven Martin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: W. van Landuyt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: crothfels, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: M. Whitson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zoltán Stekkelpak, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Maria G, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Евгений Рыбальченко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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). About our plant data.