Lemna minor L., 1753

🇬🇧 Common Duckweed

🇫🇷 Lentille d'eau mineure, Petite lenticule, Petite lentille d'eau

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Lemnoideae
Genus: Lemna
Species: Lemna minor

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Global): LC Least Concern

Notes

Can easily cover stagnant water bodies, like ponds.

Photographs

img/lemna-minor.webp — Lemna minor

img/lemna-minor-2.webp — Lemna minor

img/lemna-minor-3.webp — Lemna minor

img/lemna-minor-4.webp — A pond totally covered by Lemna minor in woodland

Sources

Lansdown, R.V. (2019). Lemna minor. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2019. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T164057A120125670.en
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 88). Biotope.