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Lemna aequinoctialis Welw. (Apont. 578. 1859.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, the Grenadines, Martinique, St. Barthelemy, St. Martin, ], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Cayman Island (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Haiti,], Puerto Rico (native)[], Virgin Islands (native) ( St. Croix, St. John, ) ], North America (native), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Old World (Africa; Malesia), Common Names: Duckweed (L. Antilles), Lenteja de agua (Cuba), Lentille d'eau (L. Antilles), Vert de gris (L. Antilles), Synonyms: Lemna paucicostata Hegelm. (Lemnac. 138. 1868.), Lemna perpusilla sensu Britton & P. Wilson, non Torr. (Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 5: 131. 1923.), Lemna trinervis (Austin ex A. Gray) Small (Fl. S.E. U.S. 230. 1903.), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. and M.T. Strong. 2005. Monocots and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 52: 1-415. 2). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581. 3). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 4). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 5). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 6). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 7). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 8). Proctor, G.R. 1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. 11: i-xii, 1-834. Her Majesty’s Staionery Office, London. 9). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 10). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 2008. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Website: apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do Originally in Lemnaceae. Last edited 12 Mar 15 |