Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Alismatales > Araceae > Lemna > Lemna gibbaLemna gibba (swollen duckweed)Synonyms: Lemna cordata; Lemna parodiana; Lemna trichorrhiza (homotypic); Lenticula gibba (homotypic); Lenticula gibbosa; Limna cordata; Limna parodiana; Telmatophace arrhiza; Telmatophace generalis; Telmatophace gibba (homotypic); Telmatophace gibbosa Lemna gibba, the gibbous duckweed, swollen duckweed, or fat duckweed, is a species of Lemna (duckweed). It has a simple plant body, known as a thallus, which floats on the surface of the water and measures 3 - 5 mm in diameter. A single root hangs down into the water. Found in a wide range of still or slow-flowing water bodies, this common duckweed can also grow on mud or damp rocks. |
Lifespan [1] | Perennial | Structure [3] | Herb |  | Light Preference [2] | Mostly Sunny | Soil Acidity [2] | Neutral | Soil Fertility [2] | Rich | Soil Moisture [2] | Submerged |
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Name |
Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Cantabric Coast - Languedoc |
France, Spain |
Palearctic |
Temperate Coastal Rivers |
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Central & Western Europe |
Austria, Belgium, Byelarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom |
Palearctic |
Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands |
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Eastern Iberia |
Andorra, France, Spain |
Palearctic |
Temperate Coastal Rivers |
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Northern Baltic Drainages |
Denmark, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden |
Palearctic |
Polar Freshwaters |
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Southern Iberia |
Portugal, Spain |
Palearctic |
Temperate Coastal Rivers |
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Upper Danube |
Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland |
Palearctic |
Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands |
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Volga - Ural |
Kazakhstan, Russia |
Palearctic |
Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands |
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Western Iberia |
Portugal, Spain |
Palearctic |
Temperate Coastal Rivers |
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Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Altarme der Saar |
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54 |
Germany |
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Astrakhanskiy Biosphere Reserve Zapovednik |
Ia |
167827 |
Astrakhan, Russia |
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Avon Gorge Woodlands |
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376 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Dee Estuary/ Aber Dyfrdwy |
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39057 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths |
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14161 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes |
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5491 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Essex Estuaries |
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114016 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Exmoor Heaths |
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26455 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Fenland |
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1529 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Humber Estuary |
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90582 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Isola di Ustica |
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825 |
Italy |
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Khopersky Zapovednik |
Ia |
47103 |
Russia |
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Kirkkonummen saaristo (SPA) |
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35173 |
Finland |
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La Gurna |
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79 |
Italy |
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Lago Puelo National Park |
II |
47607 |
Chubut, Argentina |
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Lower Derwent Valley |
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2263 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Monti Sibillini (versante umbro) |
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43725 |
Italy |
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North Norfolk Coast |
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7926 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North Somerset and Mendip Bats |
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1387 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Palava Protected Landscape Area |
V |
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Czech Republic |
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Piejura |
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10663 |
Latvia |
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Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren |
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182155 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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South Wight Maritime |
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49082 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Tennessee River Gorge |
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Tennessee, United States |
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The Broads |
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14554 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Wash and North Norfolk Coast |
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266284 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Thorne Moor |
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4718 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Torbiere d'Iseo |
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895 |
Italy |
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Valle del Tevere: Laghi di Corbara - Alviano |
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17989 |
Italy |
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Voronezhskiy Biosphere Reserve |
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95835 |
Russia |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004) ♦ 2ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999) ♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food PlantsEcoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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