Genus: Wolffia
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> 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). |
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Wolffia globosa
Distribution in southern Africa includes Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. |
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Wolffia cylindracea
Recorded from Zimbabwe. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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