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Greater Duckweed

Spirodela polyrhiza

585Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
47Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar1
Apr12
May35
Jun97
Jul140
Aug166
Sep71
Oct13
Nov2
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales47
2Monmouthshire Wales44
3Liverpool England37
4Worcestershire England33
5Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland32
6Norfolk England27
7Suffolk England18
8Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland17
9Warrington England16
10Cambridgeshire England12
11Herefordshire, County of England11
12Essex England9
13York England8
14Northamptonshire England7
15East Riding of Yorkshire England6
376 England6 Scotland132 Wales64 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 47 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
585
Peak month
August
Counties with records
47
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Spirodela polyrhiza
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,905
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Spirodela
Name with authority
Spirodela polyrhiza (L.) Schleid.
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q154500 · GBIF 4097481