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Internal ID UUID643fe09a27ea3974105993
Scientific name Lemna minuta
Authority Kunth
First published in Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 372 (1816)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Lemna minuscula Herter Revista Sudamer. Bot. 9: 185 (1954)
Lemna valdiviana var. abbreviata Hegelm. Fl. Bras. 3(2): 19 (1878)
Lemna valdiviana var. minima Hegelm. Lemnac. : 138 (1868)
Lemna abbreviata (Hegelm.) Hegelm. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 298. 1895 (1895)
Lemna abbreviata Hglm.in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 21: 298. 1895.
Lemna minima Chevall. Fl. Gen. Env. Paris ii. 256.
Lemna minima (Hegelm.) Phil. ex Hegelm. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 299 (1895)

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Language Common/alternative name
English least duckweed
Arabic لمنة صغروية
Czech okřehek nejmenší
Welsh llinad bach
German kleinste wasserlinse
German zierliche wasserlinse
Persian عدسک آبی ریز
French lentille deau minuscule
French lentille d'eau minuscule
Upper Sorbian malička kačizna
Japanese ヒナウキクサ
Dutch dwergkroos
Norwegian Nynorsk dvergandemat
Swedish kölandmat
Chinese 单脉萍

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Central European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Germany
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
    • Northern Europe
      • Great Britain
      • Norway
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southwest
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Kansas
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • Oklahoma
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Indiana
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Oregon
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Virginia
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • California
      • Nevada
      • Utah
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
    • Central America
      • Guatemala
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Argentina South
      • Chile Central
      • Chile North
      • Paraguay
      • Uruguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000224445
Florida Plant Atlas 2224
Flora of Alabama 5322
Canadensys 29060
USDA Plants LEMI6
Tropicos 18100046
INPN 105433
Flora of Italy 7869
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:526198-1
The Plant List kew-109312
Open Tree Of Life 483446
Observations.org 6962
NCBI Taxonomy 161101
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000004649
Nature Serve 2.157771
IUCN Red List 64316939
IPNI 526198-1
iNaturalist 59076
GBIF 2867614
Freebase /m/06zqt8t
EPPO LEMMT
EOL 1142161
Calflora (Californian flora) 10044
USDA GRIN 416567
Wikipedia Lemna_minuta

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_024174645.1 Salk_lm5633_a03 Chromosome Salk Institute for Biological Studies 2022-07-11 172 343.75 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Large-scale analysis of the ARF and Aux/IAA gene families in 406 horticultural and other plants Feng S, Li N, Chen H, Liu Z, Li C, Zhou R, Zhang Y, Cao R, Ma X, Song X Mol Hortic 09-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11003162
doi:10.1186/s43897-024-00090-7
PMID:38589963
The evolution of the duckweed ionome mirrors losses in structural complexity Smith KE, Zhou M, Flis P, Jones DH, Bishopp A, Yant L Ann Bot 02-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC11089258
doi:10.1093/aob/mcae012
PMID:38307008
The chromosome-level genome of the submerged plant Cryptocoryne crispatula provides insights into the terrestrial–freshwater transition in Araceae Qian ZH, Li W, Wang QF, Liang SC, Wu S, Li ZZ, Chen JM DNA Res 20-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10873505
doi:10.1093/dnares/dsae003
PMID:38245835
Physiological adaptation to irradiance in duckweeds is species and accession specific and depends on light habitat niche Smith KE, Cowan L, Taylor B, McAusland L, Heatley M, Yant L, Murchie EH J Exp Bot 13-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10967250
doi:10.1093/jxb/erad499
PMID:38217537
Proposing Effective Ecotoxicity Test Species for Chemical Safety Assessment in East Asia: A Review Lee JW, Shim I, Park K Toxics 30-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10819827
doi:10.3390/toxics12010030
PMID:38250986
Plant traits associated with seed dispersal by ducks and geese in urban and natural habitats Tóth P, Green AJ, Wilkinson DM, Brides K, Lovas‐Kiss Á Ecol Evol 22-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10663722
doi:10.1002/ece3.10677
PMID:38020707
Microbial Pathogens in Aquaponics Potentially Hazardous for Human Health Dinev T, Velichkova K, Stoyanova A, Sirakov I Microorganisms 21-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10745371
doi:10.3390/microorganisms11122824
PMID:38137969
Chromosome level genome assembly of colored calla lily (Zantedeschia elliottiana) Wang Y, Yang T, Wang D, Gou R, Jiang Y, Zhang G, Zheng Y, Gao D, Chen L, Zhang X, Wei Z Sci Data 09-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10492805
doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02516-1
PMID:37689767
Dye-Doped Polymeric Microplastics: Light Tools for Bioimaging in Test Organisms Bertelà F, Battocchio C, Iucci G, Ceschin S, Di Lernia D, Mariani F, Di Giulio A, Muzzi M, Venditti I Polymers (Basel) 30-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10422618
doi:10.3390/polym15153245
PMID:37571138
Impact of the Invasive Alien Macrophyte Ludwigia hexapetala on Freshwater Ecosystems: Evidence from Field Data Pelella E, Questino B, Luzi B, Mariani F, Ceschin S Biology (Basel) 31-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10295687
doi:10.3390/biology12060794
PMID:37372079
Characterization of the physico-chemical properties of the natural habitat and in vitro culture effects on the biochemistry, proliferation and morphology of Lemna minuta Maissour A, Bouqadida M, Oualili H, El Omari R, Belfaiza M, Makroum K BMC Plant Biol 03-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10155455
doi:10.1186/s12870-023-04249-0
PMID:37138221
The Effect of Quinolones on Common Duckweed Lemna minor L., a Hydrophyte Bioindicator of Environmental Pollution Sikorski Ł, Bęś A, Warmiński K Int J Environ Res Public Health 14-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10049361
doi:10.3390/ijerph20065089
PMID:36981998
Duckweeds for Phytoremediation of Polluted Water Zhou Y, Stepanenko A, Kishchenko O, Xu J, Borisjuk N Plants (Basel) 29-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9919746
doi:10.3390/plants12030589
PMID:36771672
Effects of Microplastic Contamination on the Aquatic Plant Lemna minuta (Least Duckweed) Ceschin S, Mariani F, Di Lernia D, Venditti I, Pelella E, Iannelli MA Plants (Basel) 03-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9823687
doi:10.3390/plants12010207
PMID:36616336
Nutritional Value of Duckweed as Protein Feed for Broiler Chickens—Digestibility of Crude Protein, Amino Acids and Phosphorus Demann J, Petersen F, Dusel G, Bog M, Devlamynck R, Ulbrich A, Olfs HW, Westendarp H Animals (Basel) 29-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9817926
doi:10.3390/ani13010130
PMID:36611739

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