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Lemna gibba L.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Ibo-ukikusa (イボウキクサ, 疣浮草), gibbous duckweed, swollen duckweed or fat duckweed
Kobu-ukikusa (コブウキクサ, 瘤浮草)
Lifeform: evergreen, aquatic forb → mostly dependent on asexual reproduction
Distribution: cosmopolitan, excluidng tropical and polar regions

exotic to Japan (reported from central and western parts of Japan)

Habitat: stagnant water
Chromosome number: 2n = 40, 50, 70 and 80
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Lemna gibba in Japan


ST1 ST2
[1/2] in a small gardening pot found out in the campus of Sophia University, Tokyo, on May 24 2019.

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