796.010 Wolffiella (Hegelm.) Hegelm.

WOLFFIOPSIS Hartog & Plas

Description of the genus

Minute, semi-submerged aquatics with emergent flowering parts. Roots 0. Thalli thin, linear to oblong. Budding pouch 1. Inflorescences 1 or 2 on each frond; each of 1 female and 1 male flower without a membranous spathe. Anther 1-thecous. Fruit 1-seeded. Seed up to 0.45 mm, spherical or ovoid, smooth and spongy.

Worldwide: c. 7 species in tropical and South Africa and tropical and warm America

Burundi: 1 taxon.

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Species		Content
welwitschii (Hegelm.) C. Monod

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