Duckweed vs Indomalayan Vandeleuria

Lemna perpusilla compared with Vandeleuria oleracea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Duckweed	Indomalayan Vandeleuria
Kingdom	Plantae (식물)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)	Chordata (척삭동물)
Class	Liliopsida (백합강)	Mammalia (포유류)
Order	Alismatales (택사목)	Rodentia (설치류)
Family	Araceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Lemna	Vandeleuria
Species	Lemna perpusilla	Vandeleuria oleracea

Conservation Status

Duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Indomalayan Vandeleuria

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Duckweed	Indomalayan Vandeleuria
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Duckweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (5 countries).