View source for Wolffiella gladiata

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|accepted_name=Wolffiella gladiata
|accepted_authority=(Hegelmaier) Hegelmaier
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie
|place=21: 304. 1895
|year=1895
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Wolffia gladiata
|authority=Hegelmaier
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Wolffia gladiata var. floridana
|authority=Donnell Smith
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Wolffiella floridana
|authority=unknown
}}
|hierarchy=Lemnaceae;Wolffiella;Wolffiella gladiata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lemnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Wolffiella]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Wolffiella gladiata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 151
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Fronds </b>1 or 2–20 or more, coherent in starlike groups, narrowly sabre-shaped, 3–9 mm, (4–)6–15(–20) times as long as wide, pointed at tip; tract of elongated cells running along edge of lower wall of pouch; area of air spaces much longer than wide, spreading throughout most of frond; angle of pouch 25°–50°; flowering fronds much wider at base than vegetative ones. <b>Fruits</b> 0.3–0.4 mm. <b>2n</b> = 40, 42.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (very rare) spring and fall.
|habitat=Mesotrophic, quiet waters in warm-temperate regions with relatively mild winters
|elevation=0–400 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Wash.;Mexico (Federal District).
|discussion=<p>The type collection of Wolffiella gladiata, from Mexico City, is taxonomically identical with plants from Florida called W. gladiata var. floridana by J. D. Smith. Some authors included narrow specimens of W. oblonga in W. gladiata, causing confusion.</p><!--
--><p>I know of no specimens of Wolffiella gladiata from Rhode Island.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Wolffiella gladiata
|author=
|authority=(Hegelmaier) Hegelmaier
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Wolffia gladiata var. floridana;Wolffiella floridana
|basionyms=Wolffia gladiata
|family=Lemnaceae
|phenology=Flowering (very rare) spring and fall.
|habitat=Mesotrophic, quiet waters in warm-temperate regions with relatively mild winters
|elevation=0–400 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Wash.;Mexico (Federal District).
|reference=None
|publication title=Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie
|publication year=1895
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V22/V22_364.xml
|genus=Wolffiella
|species=Wolffiella gladiata
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