home   about   search

biodiversity explorer

the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Wolffia

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

Three species 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.

Wolffia arrhiza

Distribution in southern Africa includes Botswana and South Africa (Mpumalanga, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Eastern Cape and Western Cape).

 

Wolffia globosa

Distribution in southern Africa includes Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.

 

Wolffia cylindracea

Recorded from Zimbabwe. See Flora of Zimbabwe.