Lemna L.
(duckweeds)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Lemna minor Common Duckweed	Species	6 images	1 ident. refs
Lemna minuta Least Duckweed	Species	10 images	1 ident. refs
Lemna trisulca Ivy-leaved Duckweed	Species	15 images
Lemna valdiviana a duckweed	Species		1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Lemna (duckweeds)
Family	ARACEAE (lords-and-ladies)
Order	ALISMATALES (pond plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Lemna is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Alismatales)

Identification Works

	Author	Title	Source
	Anon.	Lemna	Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012
	Armstrong, W.P.	Wayne’s Word Lemnaceae On-Line	waynesword.palomar.edu/1wayindx.htm
	BSBI & OPAL	Guide to duckweeds	What else lives at the pond?
()	Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J.	Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest

Lemna (duckweeds) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lemna (duckweeds)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lemna (duckweeds)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Lemna is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)