CHR 660381 – Lemna minor L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 660381
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
29 September 2020
Database record updated:
18 June 2022
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Lemna minor
Determiner:
JRK
Identification date:
1948-01 (Verbatim: January [1948])
Preferred name:
Lemna minor L.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Arales
Family:
Lemnaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Duck weed
Collection events
Primary collection event
Standard locality
Location:
Lincoln University, Lincoln
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.644 172.466
Verbatim locality:
C.A.C. [Canterbury Agriculture College]
Verbatim collector:
JRK
Standardised collector:
JRK
Verbatim date:
January [1948]
Start date:
1948-01
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.645941 172.462302
Notes:
A pale green minute plant found floating on clear ponds all over the world. The little leaf-like floating parts, about a quarter of an inch across, are really flattened stems and from them hang into the water inch long adventitious roots on which the root cap is visible to the naked eye. The leaf-like portions break up, giving a vegetable reproduction, and at certain times of the year minute unisexual flowers arise from the floating stems, so that seeds are produced.
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
This specimen is part of a collection given to the Allan Herbarium by Laurence Smith (Amberly office, Environment Canterbury). This was given to L. Smith in the early 1990's by someone in Port Robinson, Cheviot.
The collection is believed to have been collected in 1948, based on several specimens with fully written dates in the collection. We believe that JRK is a student of Canterbury Agriculture College (C.A.C), which is now known as Lincoln University.
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