Duckweeds (Araceae: Lemnoideae) growing on wet, vertical rocks behind a waterfall in Costa Rica, with a new country record of Wolffiella oblonga (Phil.) Hegelm.
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Abstract
A large colony of duckweeds (Araceae: Lemnoideae) grows on the constantly wet, vertical wall of the rock shelter behind the Llanos de Cortes waterfall of the Potrero River, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica, the first such case ever documented. Its unique hygropetric environment is described. The colony covers several square meters distributed in several different patches, and consists almost entirely of Wolffiella oblonga (Phil.) Hegelm., with much fewer individuals of Lemna valdiviana Phil. and L. aequinoctialis Welw. This also constitutes the first case of the genus Wolffiella Hegelm. growing in a hygropetric manner (an extremely rare condition for duckweeds) and the first record of W. oblonga in Costa Rica.
期刊介绍:
Adansonia is a fast-track and peer-reviewed journal of plant biology, devoted to the inventory, analysis and interpretation of vascular plants biodiversity. It publishes original results, in French or English, of botanical research, particularly in systematics and related fields: morphology, anatomy, biology, ecology, phylogeny, biogeography, etc. All articles published in Adansonia are compliant with the different nomenclatural codes. A copyright assignment will be signed by the authors before publication.