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Wolffiella gladiata (Florida mudmidget)

Synonyms: Wolffia floridana; Wolffia gladiata (homotypic); Wolffia gladiata var. floridana; Wolffiella floridana

Wikipedia Abstract

Wolffiella gladiata, the Florida mudmidget, is an aquatic plant in the family Araceae. It is one of the smallest flowering plants known, a mere 3–9 mm long. It occurs in quiet waters in the states along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States from Texas to New Jersey plus in the states of the Ohio River Valley. Additional specimens have been collected from Massachusetts, Washington, and the Distrito Federal de México.
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Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Herb

Protected Areas

Predators

Pseudemys concinna floridana (Common cooter)[2]
Pseudemys nelsoni (Florida Redbelly Turtle)[2]

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
2Dietary Overlap in Three Sympatric Congeneric Freshwater Turtles (Pseudemys) in Florida, Karen A. Bjorndal, Alan B. Bolten, Cynthia J. Lagueux and Dale R. Jackson, Chelonian Conservation Biology, 1997, 2(3):430-433
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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