The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California

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Key to LEMNACEAE

N.B.: couplets are linked, e.g., 1. is linked to 1'.

  1. Roots present
 
    2. Root 1
LEMNA
    2' Roots generally 2–16
SPIRODELA
  1' Roots 0 (see also Lemna trisulca)
 
    3. Plant body ± spheric, ovoid, or cylindric, generally ± 1 mm
WOLFFIA
    3' Plant body flat, 3–10 mm
WOLFFIELLA


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