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A floating aquatic herb. Fronds with 3-7 veins, surrounded at the base by a bifid scale covering the place of the root attachment. Roots 2-7 all perforating the scale. The scale-like leaf surrounding the flowers open on one side. Derivation of name: after Elias Landolt, for his outstanding contribution to the study of the Lemnaceae Worldwide: 1 species, originally from Australia and Asia, now distributed nearly worldwide Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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punctata (G. Mey.) Les & D.J. Crawford | N,W,C |
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