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|accepted_name=Lemna minuta
|accepted_authority=Kunth
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp.
|place=1: 372. 1816
|year=1816
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lemna minima
|authority=Philippi
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lemna minuscula
|authority=Herter
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Lemnaceae;Lemna;Lemna minuta
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lemnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lemna]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Lemna minuta]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 150
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Roots </b>to 1.5 cm, tip rounded to pointed; sheath not winged. <b>Stipes</b> white, small, often decaying. <b>Fronds</b> floating, 1 or 2–few, coherent in groups, obovate, flat to thickish (but not gibbous), 0.8–4 mm, 1–2 times as long as wide, margins entire; veins 1, sometimes indistinct, very rarely longer than extension of air spaces, not longer than 2/3 of distance between node and apex; with or without small papillae along midline; anthocyanin absent; largest air spaces much shorter than 0.3 mm; turions absent. <b>Flowers</b>: ovaries 1-ovulate, utricular scale open on 1 side. <b>Fruits</b> 0.6–1 mm, not winged. <b>Seeds</b> with 12–15 distinct ribs. <b>2n</b> = 36 (U), 40 (U), 42 (G).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (very rare) late spring–early fall.
|habitat=Mesotrophic to eutrophic, quiet waters in temperate to subtropical regions with relatively mild winters
|elevation=0–2600 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Mich.;Mo.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Wash.;W.Va.;Wyo.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Eurasia (introduced).
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>I know of no specimens of <i>Lemna minuta</i> from Mississippi, but the species is to be expected there.</p>
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Lemna minuta
|authority=Kunth
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Lemna minima;Lemna minuscula
|basionyms=
|family=Lemnaceae
|phenology=Flowering (very rare) late spring–early fall.
|habitat=Mesotrophic to eutrophic, quiet waters in temperate to subtropical regions with relatively mild winters
|elevation=0–2600 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Mich.;Mo.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Wash.;W.Va.;Wyo.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Eurasia (introduced).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp.
|publication year=1816
|special status=Weedy;Illustrated
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|genus=Lemna
|species=Lemna minuta
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