Contains 3 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics

Wolffiella (Hegelm.)Hegelm.
MUDMIDGET

Classification

ALISMATALES
Wolffiella

Citation

WOLFFIELLA (Hegelmaier) Hegelmaier, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 303. 1895.
BASIONYM: Wolffia Horkel ex Schleiden, subg. Wolffiella Hegelmaier, Lemnac. 131. 1868.
TYPE: Wolffiella oblonga (Philippi) Hegelmaier (Lemna oblonga Philippi) Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 1: 449. 1913.

Species

Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Wolffiella gladiata FLORIDA MUDMIDGET Native OBL (NWPL)
Wolffiella lingulata TONGUESHAPED BOGMAT Native OBL (NWPL)
Wolffiella oblonga SABER MUDMIDGET Native OBL (NWPL)

[Family identification key]

1.  Fronds (4)6-15(-20) times as long as wide; angle of pouch 25°-50°
1.  Fronds 1.5-8 times as long as wide; angle of pouch 45°-120°
2
2.  Angle of pouch 70°-120°; tract of elongated cells running between median line and edge of lower wall of pouch; area of air spaces within frond rarely longer than wide
2.  Angle of pouch 45°-90°; tract of elongated cells running along or close to edge of lower wall of pouch; area of air spaces within frond mostly longer than wide

Genus Synonyms

Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
No synonyms found.