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Lemna
Also called Plant
Lemna is a genus of tiny free-floating aquatic plants, known as duckweed, that multiply very quickly on still water. Keep them on the surface of calm ponds or tanks, and expect them to spread rapidly.
Lemna is a genus of free-floating aquatic plants referred to by the common name "duckweed". They are morphologically divergent members of the arum family Araceae. These rapidly growing plants have found uses as a model system for studies in community ecology, basic plant biology, ecotoxicology, and production of biopharmaceuticals, and as a source of animal feeds for agriculture and aquaculture. Currently, 14 species of Lemna are recognised.
Lesser duckweed · Swollen duckweed · Common duckweed · Least duckweed · Minute duckweed · Star duckweed · Turion duckweed · Valdivia duckweed
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