Chromosome numbers have been widely used to describe the most fundamental genomic
attribute of an organism or a lineage. Although providing strong phylogenetic signal …

Duckweed (Lemnaceae) is a fast‐growing aquatic vascular plant. It has drawn an increasing
attention worldwide due to its application in value‐added nutritional products and in sewage …

Background Freshwater duckweed, comprising the smallest, fastest growing and simplest
macrophytes has various applications in agriculture, phytoremediation and energy …

Spirodela polyrhiza is a fast‐growing aquatic monocot with highly reduced morphology,
genome size and number of protein‐coding genes. Considering these biological features of …

Aquatic plants have to adapt to the environments distinct from where land plants grow. A
critical aspect of adaptation is the dynamics of sequence repeats, not resolved in older …

Duckweeds are the fastest growing angiosperms and have the potential to become a new
generation of sustainable crops. Although a seed plant, Spirodela polyrhiza clones rarely …

Duckweeds are small, free-floating, largely asexual and highly neotenous organisms. They
display the most rapid growth among flowering plants and are of growing interest in …

Usually, chromosome sets (karyotypes) and genome sizes are rather stable for distinct
species and therefore of diagnostic value for taxonomy. In combination with (cyto) genomics …

Duckweeds comprise a distinctive clade of pleustophytic monocots that traditionally has
been classified as the family Lemnaceae. However, molecular evidence has called into …

Duckweeds are small, free-floating, morphologically highly reduced organisms belonging to
the monocot order Alismatales. They display the most rapid growth among flowering plants …