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Genus: Wolffiella

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

Nine species worldwide, with four 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.

Wolffiella denticulata

 

Wolffiella hyalina

 

Wolffiella rotunda

Recorded from Zimbabwe. See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Wolffiella welwitschii

Distribution in southern Africa includes Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).