Phyllanthus fluitans

Phyllanthus fluitans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Genus:	Phyllanthus
Species:	P. fluitans
Binomial name
	Phyllanthus fluitans; Benth. ex Müll.Arg.
Synonyms
	Diasperus fluitans (Benth. ex Müll.Arg.) Kuntze; Phyllanthus fluitans Benth.;

Phyllanthus fluitans, also known as the red root floater, floating spurge,^[3]^[4] or apple duckweed (although it is neither a spurge or a duckweed), is a species of free floating aquatic plant and herbaceous perennial^[5] in the family Phyllanthaceae.^[6] This species is one of the only three non-terrestrial species in the genus Phyllanthus, with the other species being P. leonardianus^[7] and P. felicis.^[8] The generic name comes from Ancient Greek meaning leaf or a leaf (φύλλον, phúllon; phyll) flower (ἄνθος, anthos; anthus),^[9] and the specific name comes from Latin meaning floating or float (fluito; fluitans).^[5] It was described in March 1863 by George Bentham and Johannes Müller Argoviensis.^[1]^[10]

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^ ^a ^b "Phyllanthus fluitans". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
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^ Sowinski, Michael P. "Red root floater Phyllanthus fluitans (Euphorbiaceae): Another Aquatic Invader for Florida" (PDF). University of Florida (www.ufl.edu). Michael Sowinski. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
^ Ibáñez, Alicia; Flores, Rodolfo. "Phyllanthus fluitans (Phyllanthaceae): a new record of an aquatic plant for the flora of Panama". Acta Botánica Mexicana (128). doi:10.21829/abm128.2021.1767. S2CID 225174553. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
^ "Phyllanthus". alabamaplants.com. 9 July 2021.
^ Müller, J. (1863). "Euphorbiaceae: Vorläufige Mittheilungen aus dem für DeCandolle's Prodromus bestimmten Manuscript über diese Faamiliae". Linnaea. 32 (1): 1–126 [36]. Retrieved 12 July 2021.