Jepson Interchange (more information)
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©Copyright 1993 by the Regents of the University of California
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Perennial, floating aquatics, small, clonal, in dense populations; new plants produced in budding pouch at base or along margins; may overwinter on bottom as dense, rootless, starch-filled daughter plant (winter bud); roots 0–many
Plant body 0.4–10 mm, flat and tongue-shaped to spheric
Flower 1, rarely seen, minute, appearing like 2–3 unisexual flowers, often sheathed by minute membrane; perianth 0; stamens 1–2; pistil 1, simple, maturing before stamens
Fruit achene-like, sometimes winged
Seeds 1–3, smooth or ribbed. Spp. best separated by chemistry and fruit; clones vary; magnification, backlighting generally needed to identify vegetative plants
Genera in family: 4 genera, 34 species: worldwide; ornamental in pools, aquaria
Reference: [Landolt 1986 Veröff Geobot Inst ETH Stiftung Rübel Zürich 71]Horticultural information: TRY.
Plants generally in unequal pairs; roots 0
Plant body 0.4–1.3 mm, nearly spheric to ± cylindric, floating on or partially below water surface; veins 0; budding pouch funnel-shaped; winter buds often produced
Flower produced in cavity on upper surface; sheathing membrane 0; stamen 1; pistil 1
Seed smooth
Species in genus: 9 species: worldwide, especially temp, tropical
Etymology: (J.F. Wolff, German botanist and physician, 1778–1806)
Reference: [Armstrong & Thorne 1984 Madroño 31:172–179]
CA species may be distinguished by size and shape with > 10X magnification.
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Plant body 0.4–0.8 mm, longer than wide, sometimes ± cylindric, transparent green; upper surface with 1–10 stomates, barely rounded throughout, sometimes darker green, only central portion floating above water; tip round; budding pouch generally with collar of long cells at junction with daughter plant
Ecology: Ponds of hot interior valleys
Elevation: < 200 m.
Bioregional distribution: Sierra Nevada Foothills, San Joaquin Valley, South Coast
Distribution outside California: worldwide, especially tropical
Synonyms: W. cylindracea Hegelm
Smallest of all known angiosperms.
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