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Genus: Lemna
Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
>
Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants)
> Monocotyledons > Order: Alismatales
> Family: Araceae
Thirteen species worldwide of
which three are native to southern Africa. Previously
placed in the Lemnaceae.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and
Flora of
Zimbabwe.
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Lemna aequinoctialis
Distribution in southern Africa
includes Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa
(Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Free
State). See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Lemna gibba |
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Lemna minor |
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