Spirodela polyrhiza (Lemnaceae)

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Spirodela polyrhiza is native to a globally widespread range, "[n]early cosmopolitan, native to Eurasia, Africa, North America, and Australia; in Hawaii naturalized,or possibly indigenous...."  

Species description or overview

Taxonomy & nomenclature

Spirodela polyrhiza information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Spirodela polyrhiza--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Spirodela polyrhiza information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Spirodela polyrhiza, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Spirodela polyrhiza
Nomenclatural information about Spirodela polyrhiza is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Impacts

Images

Spirodela polyrhiza information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Spirodela polyrhiza in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Spirodela polyrhiza images from PIER
Images of Spirodela polyrhiza provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Distribution

Spirodela polyrhiza information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Spirodela polyrhiza--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

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The content of this page is based on information last generated on 07 August 2017 by PT. The template for this page was created on 15 March 2004 by EMS, and was last updated on 20 February 2006 by PT.