Family: Araceae
Group: Monocot
Substrate:
Freshwater Aquatic
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Annual
Native Range: Scattered in the southern United States, the West Indies, Central America and South America.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Possibly Extirpated or Extinct in the Wild
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Possibly Extirpated
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: This species was omitted from Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002). Only one collection from South Florida is known (Davenport 994 UNA), collected in 1979 about four miles north of LaBelle in Glades County, in a small pond at the intersection of SR 29 and SR 78.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: For images, visit the
W.P. Armstrong's Treatment of Lemnaceae website.
