Spirodela polyrhiza
Common Duckmeat, Common Duckweed
Other regional names: Giant Duckweed +3 more
- Giant Duckweed
- Great Duckmeat
- Great Duckweed
- Greater Duckweed
Also known as: Lemna bannatica Waldst. & Kit. ex Schleid. +16 more
- Lemna bannatica Waldst. & Kit. ex Schleid.
- Lemna major Griff.
- Lemna maxima Blatt. & Hallb.
- Lemna obcordata P.Beauv.
- Lemna orbicularis Kit. ex Schult.
- Lemna orbiculata Roxb.
- Lemna polyrhiza L.
- Lemna polyrhiza var. concolor Kurz
- Lemna thermalis P.Beauv.
- Lemna thermalis P.Beauv. ex Nutt.
- Lemna transsilvanica Schur
- Lemna umbonata A.Braun ex Hegelm.
- Lenticula polyrrhiza (L.) Lam.
- Lenticulata polyrhiza (L.) Lam.
- Spirodela atropurpurea Montandon
- Spirodela maxima (Blatt. & Hallb.) McCann
- Spirodela polyrhiza var. masonii Daubs
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Araceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a hydroannual.
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Spirodela polyrhiza (commonly known as Common Duckmeat or Common Duckweed) is an aquatic annual within the Araceae family. It naturally occurs in Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America, the Pacific, and South America. Within its native range, this species is primarily associated with temperate conditions.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Annual
Plant Type
Aquatic Plant
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
AFRICA, ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, AUSTRALASIA, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA, PACIFIC, SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Australia, Caribbean, Caucasus, Central America, China, East Tropical Africa, Eastern Asia, Eastern Canada, Eastern Europe, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Macaronesia, Malesia, Mexico, Middle Asia, Middle Europe, North-Central Pacific, North-Central U.S.A., Northeast Tropical Africa, Northeastern U.S.A., Northern Africa, Northern Europe, Northwestern U.S.A., Russian Far East, Siberia, South Tropical Africa, South-Central U.S.A., Southeastern Europe, Southeastern U.S.A., Southern Africa, Southwestern Europe, Southwestern U.S.A., West Tropical Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Western Asia, Western Canada, Western South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, C. American Pacific Is., California, Central African Republic, Central European Russia, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) I., Colombia, Colorado, Congo, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northern Territory, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Palestine, Panama, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Senegal, Sicilia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Utah, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe