Taxonomy: Fam. Araceae// Genus: Lemna// Species: Lemna minor L. The classification is given according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Uotila, (2009+).
Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Lawalrée (1980 in Tutin et al.).
Lifeform: Free floating freshwater aquatic plant. Hydrophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to North and Central America, Temperate and Subtropical Old World (Eurasia and Africa) according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Slow moving freshwater – ponds, pools, edges of rivers with slow moving current.
Lemna minor – habitat. Pond on “Kochanska” River, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lemna minor – habitat. Pond on “Kochanska” River, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lemna minor – habit in habitat. Pond on “Kochanska” River, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lemna minor – habit in habitat. Pond on “Kochanska” River, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lemna minor – habit. Pond on “Kochanska” River, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lemna minor – habit. Pond on “Kochanska” River, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lemna minor – habit. Pond on “Kochanska” River, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lemna minor – habit. Pond on “Kochanska” River, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lemna minor – habit. Pond on “Kochanska” River, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lemna minor – habit. Pond on “Kochanska” River, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lemna minor – habit. Pond on “Kochanska” River, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lemna minor – habit. Pond on “Kochanska” River, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lemna minor – habit. Pond on “Kochanska” River, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lemna minor – habit. Pond on “Kochanska” River, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lemna minor – habit. Pond on “Kochanska” River, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lemna minor – fronds seen from both the adaxial and abaxial side. Pond on “Kochanska” River, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lemna minor – fronds seen from both the adaxial and abaxial side. Pond on “Kochanska” River, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lemna minor – roots – a – root under magnification; b – root cap under magnification. The cap is obtuse. Specimens from pond on “Kochanska” River, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lemna minor – frond size. Scale in mm. Specimen from pond on “Kochanska” River, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lemna minor – frond size. Scale in mm. Specimen from pond on “Kochanska” River, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lemna minor – frond size. Scale in mm. Specimen from pond on “Kochanska” River, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Lawalrée, A. 1980. Lemna L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 273.
