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Wolffia brasiliensis

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Internal ID UUID643ff0cebffc8941329553
Scientific name Wolffia brasiliensis
Authority Wedd.
First published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 3, 12: 170 (1849)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Wolffia papulifera C.H.Thomps. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 1898, 40.
Wolffia punctata Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I. : 512 (1864)
Grantia brasiliensis (Wedd.) MacMill. Metasp. Minnesota Valley : 134 (1892)

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Language Common/alternative name
English brazilian water meal
English brazilian watermeal

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Ontario
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Kansas
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • Oklahoma
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • West Virginia
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • District Of Columbia
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California
      • Utah
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
    • Northern South America
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Chile Central
      • Paraguay
      • Uruguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000334452
Florida Plant Atlas 576
Flora of Alabama 4388
Canadensys 6496
USDA Plants WOBR
Tropicos 18100029
INPN 630903
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:287070-2
The Plant List kew-214823
Open Tree Of Life 1059893
NCBI Taxonomy 161114
Nature Serve 2.154468
IUCN Red List 64326304
IPNI 287070-2
iNaturalist 79527
GBIF 5330080
Freebase /m/0fqmqw7
WisFlora 5435
EPPO WOLPU
EOL 1127804
Calflora (Californian flora) 8347
USDA GRIN 416573
Wikipedia Wolffia_brasiliensis

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Wolffia arrhiza and comparative genomic analysis with relative Wolffia species Park H, Park JH, Kang YJ Sci Rep 11-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10928178
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-56394-7
PMID:38467810
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 complete chloroplast genome sequence of Amorphophallus konjac (Araceae) from Yunnan, China and its phylogenetic analysis in the family Araceae Li L, Qi Y, Gao P, Yang S, Zhao Y, Guo J, Liu J, Huang F, Yu L Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 08-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10776074
doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2300471
PMID:38197049
Silver Inhibits Lemna minor Growth at High Initial Frond Densities Tran IT, Heiman JA, Lydy VR, Kissoon LT Plants (Basel) 01-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10004846
doi:10.3390/plants12051104
PMID:36903968
Are standard aquatic test species and methods adequate surrogates for use in environmental risk assessment of pesticides in tropical environments? Santos GS, Hamer M, Tscheschke A, Bruns E, Murakami L, Dohmen GP Integr Environ Assess Manag 03-May-2022
PMCID:PMC10083928
doi:10.1002/ieam.4616
PMID:35373476
Duckweeds: their utilization, metabolites and cultivation Baek G, Saeed M, Choi HK Appl Biol Chem 19-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8525856
doi:10.1186/s13765-021-00644-z
PMID:34693083
Duckweed hosts a taxonomically similar bacterial assemblage as the terrestrial leaf microbiome Acosta K, Xu J, Gilbert S, Denison E, Brinkman T, Lebeis S, Lam E PLoS One 06-Feb-2020
PMCID:PMC7004381
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0228560
PMID:32027711
De novo assembly, transcriptome characterization, and simple sequence repeat marker development in duckweed Lemna gibba Fu L, Ding Z, Kumpeangkeaw A, Tan D, Han B, Sun X, Zhang J Physiol Mol Biol Plants 09-Dec-2019
PMCID:PMC7036385
doi:10.1007/s12298-019-00726-9
PMID:32158126
Whole angiosperms Wolffia columbiana disperse by gut passage through wildfowl in South America Silva GG, Green AJ, Weber V, Hoffmann P, Lovas-Kiss Á, Stenert C, Maltchik L Biol Lett 12-Dec-2018
PMCID:PMC6303509
doi:10.1098/rsbl.2018.0703
PMID:30958251
A Comparison of Growth on Mercuric Chloride for Three Lemnaceae Species Reveals Differences in Growth Dynamics That Effect Their Suitability for Use in Either Monitoring or Remediating Ecosystems Contaminated With Mercury Yang J, Li G, Bishopp A, Heenatigala PP, Hu S, Chen Y, Wu Z, Kumar S, Duan P, Yao L, Hou H Front Chem 16-Apr-2018
PMCID:PMC5911492
doi:10.3389/fchem.2018.00112
PMID:29713627
Response diversity of free-floating plants to nutrient stoichiometry and temperature: growth and resting body formation McCann MJ PeerJ 07-Mar-2016
PMCID:PMC4793347
doi:10.7717/peerj.1781
PMID:26989619
A global assessment of a large monocot family highlights the need for group-specific analyses of invasiveness Moodley D, Procheş Ş, Wilson JR AoB Plants 12-Feb-2016
PMCID:PMC4804228
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plw009
PMID:26873404
Survey of the total fatty acid and triacylglycerol composition and content of 30 duckweed species and cloning of a Δ6-desaturase responsible for the production of γ-linolenic and stearidonic acids in Lemna gibba Yan Y, Candreva J, Shi H, Ernst E, Martienssen R, Schwender J, Shanklin J BMC Plant Biol 05-Dec-2013
PMCID:PMC3879013
doi:10.1186/1471-2229-13-201
PMID:24308551
Effects of Severe Floods and Droughts on Wildlife of the Pantanal Wetland (Brazil)—A Review Alho CJ, Silva JS Animals (Basel) 15-Oct-2012
PMCID:PMC4494280
doi:10.3390/ani2040591
PMID:26487165

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