*Landoltia punctata (G.F.W. Meyer) Les & D.J. Crawford. Common name: Dotted Duckmeat. Habitat: Still to slowly moving waters of ponds, lakes, beaver ponds, and swamps. Distribution: Native of the Southern Hemisphere. Widespread worldwide.
Origin/Endemic status: Pantropics
Taxonomy Comments: Les & Crawford (1999) make a good case for recognition of this species in the monotypic genus Landoltia, very possibly more closely related to Lemna than to Spirodela.
Other Comments: An introduced aquarium plant.
Synonymy ⓘ: = AqW, Ar, ETx1, FNA22, NE, Ok, Pa, Tn, Va, WH3, Les & Crawford (1999), Spaulding et al (2019); = n/a — Tat; = Spirodela oligorhiza — Tx, orthographic variant; = Spirodela oligorrhiza (Kurz) Hegelm. — F, G, K4, RAB; = Spirodela punctata (G.Mey.) C.H.Thomps. — C, GW1, Il, NcTx, Landolt (1980), Landolt (1986); Lemna punctata G.F.W. Meyer. Basionym: Lemna punctata G.Mey. 1818
Links to other floras: = Landoltia punctata - FNA22
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
- Great Plains: OBL
- Midwest: OBL
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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