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Wolffia

The genus Wolffia is in the family Araceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Wolffia

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Wolffia angusta Landolt Accepted H WCSP
Wolffia arhiza Wimm. Accepted M TRO
Wolffia arrhiza (L.) Horkel ex Wimm. Accepted H WCSP
Wolffia australiana (Benth.) Hartog & Plas Accepted H WCSP
Wolffia borealis (Engelm. ex Hegelm.) Landolt Accepted H WCSP
Wolffia brasiliensis Wedd. Accepted H WCSP
Wolffia columbiana H.Karst. Accepted H WCSP
Wolffia cylindracea Hegelm. Accepted H WCSP
Wolffia elongata Landolt Accepted H WCSP
Wolffia globosa (Roxb.) Hartog & Plas Accepted H WCSP
Wolffia microscopica (Griff.) Kurz Accepted H WCSP
Wolffia neglecta Landolt Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 27 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Wolffia. Of these 12 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 4 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Wolffia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 27 species names for the genus Wolffia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 12 44.4%
Synonym 15 55.6%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 0 0%

All names

The status of the 31 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Wolffia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 12 38.7%
Synonym 19 61.3%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 0 0%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 27 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Wolffia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 11 15 0 0 26 96.3%
Medium confidence 1 0 0 0 1 3.7%
Low confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Wolffia, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.7%
WCSP 11 15 0 0 0 26 96.3%