Check List 11(2): e19173, doi: 10.15560/11.2.1575
First records of Landoltia punctata (G.Mey.) Les & D.J.Crawford (Araceae, Lemnoideae) in Santa Catarina, southern Brazil
expand article infoGustavo Hassemer, Rodrigo de Almeida Mohedano§, João Paulo Ramos Ferreira§, Vali Joana Pott|, Rafael Trevisan§
‡ Københavns Universitet, Denmark§ Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil| Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Open Access
Abstract
Landoltia punctata (G.Mey.) Les & D.J. Crawford is a cosmopolite duckweed species of significant economic and technological interest, which in the Americas had its southernmost occurrence recorded in Pontal do Paraná, Paraná state, southern Brazil. This work extends its distribution southwards to Santa Catarina state, representing a range extension of ca. 300 km.
Keywords
aquatic plants; biogeography; new records.