Florida Mudmidget
Wolffiella gladiata (Hagelmaier) Hagelmaier
Florida Mudmidget: https://marylandbiodiversity.org/species/1833
Synonyms
Mud-midgets  Wolffiella floridana 
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Wolffiella gladiata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Wolffiella
Species:
W. gladiata
Binomial name
Wolffiella gladiata
Synonyms[1]
  • Wolffia floridana (J.D.Sm.) O.D.Sm. ex Hegelm.
  • Wolffia gladiata Hegelm.
  • Wolffia gladiata var. floridana J.D.Sm.
  • Wolffiella floridana (J.D.Sm.) C.H.Thomps.

Wolffiella gladiata, the Florida mudmidget,[2] is an aquatic plant in the family Araceae. It is one of the smallest flowering plants known, a mere 3–9 mm long. It occurs in quiet waters in the states along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States from Texas to New Jersey plus in the states of the Ohio River Valley. Additional specimens have been collected from Massachusetts, Washington, and the Distrito Federal de México.[3]

References

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  1. ^ The Plant List, Wolffiella gladiata
  2. ^ NRCS. "Wolffiella gladiata". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  3. ^ Flora of North America vol 22 p 151.