Lemna minor Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 970. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae aquis quietis." RCN: 7041.

Lectotype (Hepper in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Lemnaceae: 4. 1973): Herb. Linn. No. 1093.2 (LINN) .

Generitype of Lemna Linnaeus.

Current name: Lemna minor L. ( Lemnaceae).

Note: Lemna minor, with the type designated by Hepper (incorrectly attributed to Landolt), was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 565. 1992). However, the proposal was eventually ruled unnecessary by the General Committee (see Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006 for a review of the history of this and related proposals).