Wolffia australiana
| Wolffia australiana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Genus: | Wolffia |
| Species: | W. australiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Wolffia australiana (Benth.) Hartog & Plas, 1972
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Wolffia australiana is a species of flowering plant in the subfamily Lemnaceae within the family Araceae.[1][2]
Wolffia australiana is the smallest flowering plant and it has the fastest growing population due to cloning itself, which mostly uses asexual reproduction and rarely produces flowers except under stress or seasonal conditions. Wolffia australiana has an average lifespan of about 17 days, which produces 11 new fronds.[3] It can change its cellular structure as a survival mechanism during different seasons.
References
- ^ Park, Halim; Park, Jin Hwa; Lee, Yejin; Woo, Dong U.; Jeon, Ho Hwi; Sung, Yeon Woo; Shim, Sangrea; Kim, Sang Hee; Lee, Kyun Oh; Kim, Jae-Yean; Kim, Chang-Kug (2021-07-22). "Genome of the world's smallest flowering plant, Wolffia australiana, helps explain its specialized physiology and unique morphology". Communications Biology. 4 (1): 900. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02422-5. ISSN 2399-3642. PMC 8298427. PMID 34294872. S2CID 236181413.
- ^ Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ Bernard, Florence A.; Bernard, John M.; Denny, Patrick (1990). "Flower Structure, Anatomy and Life History of Wolffia australiana (Benth.) den Hartog & van der Plas". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 117 (1): 18–26. doi:10.2307/2997125. ISSN 0040-9618. JSTOR 2997125.