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Enriched botanical record

Lemna minor

Lemna minor L.

Also indexed asAdas El-MayaBoggartBwyd HwyaidBwyd-Hwyaid BychanCommon DuckweedCommon duckweedDuckweedEntengrütze
FamilyAraceae
GenusLemna
Use categories2
Linked notes0

Botanical identity

This taxon is documented in the World Checklist of Useful Plant Species with a reported medicinal use. The record establishes a use report and botanical index entry, not clinical effectiveness or individual safety.

KingdomPlantae
Phylum / divisionTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderAlismatales
FamilyAraceae
GenusLemna
Scientific name with authorshipLemna minor L.

Indexed scientific synonyms

Hydrophace minor (L.) BubaniLemna conjugata Willd.Lemna conjugata Willd. ex Schleid.Lemna cyclostasa ElliotLemna cyclostasa Elliot ex Schleid.Lemna cyclostasa Elliott ex Chev.Lemna minima Chevall. ex Schleid.Lemna minima Thuill.Lemna minima Thuill. ex P.Beauv.Lemna minor f. macrorhiza Norm.Lemna minor subsp. minima Chev.Lemna minor subsp. oxymitra Hegelm.Lemna minor var. minima Chevall.Lemna minor var. orbiculata AustinLemna minor var. oxymitra Hegelm.Lemna monorhiza MontandonLemna obcordata BojerLemna ovata A.Br.Lemna ovata A.Br. ex C.KraussLemna palustris HaenkeLemna palustris Haenke ex Mert. & W.D.J.KochLemna rwandensis De SlooverLemna vulgaris (Lam.) Lam.Lenticula minima (Chev.) KurzLenticula minor (L.) Scop.Lenticula monorhiza MontandonLenticula palustris GarsaultLenticula vulgaris Delarbre, 1800Lenticula vulgaris Lam.Lenticularia monorhiza MontandonLenticularia vulgaris Lam.

Documented use categories

Medicine
Animal food

These categories describe the kinds of human-use reports attached to the taxon in the source checklist. Multiple categories can coexist; a plant may be recorded as both food and poison, depending on part, preparation and context.

How to interpret this record

Evidence boundary

A taxonomic use record is a discovery and indexing signal. Clinical evidence must be assessed separately for the exact species, plant part, preparation, route, dose and health question.

Safety boundary

Correct identification is essential. Toxicity, contraindications, interactions and safe preparation cannot be inferred from a documented-use record.

Dataset record and provenance

DatasetWCUPS 2020
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Name sourceIPNI
IPNI / external identifier526194-1
Use codesAF ME
Crop wild relativeNo

Contributing checklist sources

USDA GRINMedicinal Plant Names Services v8.2Plant Resources of South-East Asia

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Educational index, not a treatment recommendation

The presence of a taxon in this database does not provide a diagnosis, dose, formulation or assurance of safety. Some indexed plants are toxic, regulated, endangered or unsafe in specific life stages.