The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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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 Date supplied Infra. rec.
Wolffia angusta Landolt Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Wolffia arrhiza (L.) Horkel ex Wimm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Wolffia australiana (Benth.) Hartog & Plas Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Wolffia borealis (Engelm. ex Hegelm.) Landolt Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Wolffia brasiliensis Wedd. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Wolffia columbiana H.Karst. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Wolffia cylindracea Hegelm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Wolffia elongata Landolt Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Wolffia globosa (Roxb.) Hartog & Plas Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Wolffia microscopica (Griff.) Kurz Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Wolffia neglecta Landolt Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 28 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Wolffia. Of these 11 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 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 28 species names for the genus Wolffia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 11 39.3%
Synonym 17 60.7%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 0 0%

All names

The status of the 30 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Wolffia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 11 36.7%
Synonym 19 63.3%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 0 0%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 28 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 16 0 0 27 96.4%
Medium confidence 0 1 0 0 1 3.6%
Low confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Wolffia is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 1 0 0 0 1 3.6%
WCSP 11 16 0 0 0 27 96.4%