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

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

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: