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Lemna minor

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Lemna minor, the common duckweed or lesser duckweed, is a species of aquatic freshwater plant in the arum family Araceae. It is used as animal fodder, as a bioremediator, for wastewater nutrient recovery, and in other applications. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Freshwater 1

Relationship to People

Invasive or Introduced Species 1

Living or Extinct

Yes 2

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

G5 Secure 3

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 4

Scientific Name

Lemna minor 2

Conservation Status

Least Concern 1

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Source Lemna minor (Wikidata)

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Sources

1. Lemna minor (Wikipedia)

Introduction
Lemna minor, the common duckweed or lesser duckweed, is a species of aquatic freshwater plant in the subfamily Lemnoideae of the arum family Araceae.
Distribution
It is not reported as native in Australasia or South America, though it is naturalised there.
Article text
Suppressing the photosynthetic activity of L. minor by growing it in the dark and the addition of glucose further increases starch accumulation up to 36%.
Infobox: status
LC
In Biome: Freshwater, Lead section
Lemna minor, the common duckweed or lesser duckweed, is a species of aquatic freshwater plant in the subfamily Lemnoideae of the arum family Araceae.

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2. Lemna minor (Wikidata)

Wikidata

Wikidata Q26875 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Child Taxon Of: Araceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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3. NatureServe Explorer: Lemna minor

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "G5"

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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Araceae

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12475

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12475

"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"

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