''Spirodela punctata'' (or ''Landoltia punctata'', common name dotted duckmeat
) is a species of
duckweed
Lemnoideae is a subfamily of flowering aquatic plants, known as duckweeds, water lentils, or water lenses. They float on or just beneath the surface of still or slow-moving bodies of fresh water and wetlands. Also known as bayroot, they arose ...
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Lemnoideae
Lemnoideae is a subfamily of flowering aquatic plants, known as duckweeds, water lentils, or water lenses. They float on or just beneath the surface of still or slow-moving bodies of fresh water and wetlands. Also known as bayroot, they arose fr ...
). The species is morphologically intermediate between ''
Lemna
''Lemna'' is a genus of free-floating aquatic plants referred to by the common name "Lemnoideae, duckweed". They are morphologically divergent members of the arum family Araceae. These rapidly growing plants have found uses as a Model organism, m ...
'' and other species of ''
Spirodela
''Spirodela'' is a genus of aquatic plants, one of several genera containing plants commonly called duckweed. ''Spirodela'' species are members of the Araceae under the APG II system. They were formerly members of the Lemnaceae.
''Spirodela'' ...
''. In 1999 D.H. Les and D.J. Crawford proposed segregating the species to a new genus ''Landoltia'' containing just the species ''L. punctata'', on the basis of biochemical and DNA studies.
''S. punctata'' originally was found in Australia and South Asia, but today it can also be found in the Southern and Eastern United States.
References
More information on ''Landoltia punctata''* Les, D.H. and D.J. Crawford. 1999. "Landoltia (Lemnaceae), A New Genus of Duckweeds." Novon 9: 530–533.
Lemnoideae
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