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VicFlora Flora of Victoria

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Alismatales
Araceae
Wolffia
Sibling

Wolffia angusta

Landolt

Veroff. Geobot. Inst. ETH Stiftung Rubel Zurich 70;: 29 (1980)

Taxonomic status Accepted

Occurrence status Present

Establishment means Native

Degree of establishment Native

Thallus depth 2–3 times length of dorsal (upper, emergent) surface; dorsal surface (0.3–)0.5–0.8 mm long, 0.2–0.5 mm wide (length to width ratio 1.6–2.5), whitish green, intensely green laterally (on 'margin'), flat and sharply edged laterally, with 8–25 stomata.

Wim, VVP, VRiv, MuF, CVU, EGL, EGU. Also WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW. South-east Asia. Poorly known species, and rarely collected. Known only from a few contemporary, widely scattered localities at Vectis South in the Wimmera, Bunbartha and Tongala in north central Victoria, Kororoit Creek at Deer Park (western suburb of Melbourne), and Newmerella in East Gippsland.

Source:

Conn, B.J. (1994). Lemnaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., ‍Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons‍, pp. 168–173. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 28 Mar. 2018

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Wolffia angusta (distribution map)

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Wolffia angusta Landolt

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Wolffia globosa auct.non (Roxb.) Hartog & Plas

Flora of Australia

New South Wales Flora

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