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Wolffia arrhiza (L.) Horkel ex Wimm. Record in Novosibirsk Region (Western Siberia)—The First in Asian Russia

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In 2020, the first record of Wolffia arrhiza was made in Novosibirsk region (Western Siberia) in a floodplain lake. Wolffia arrhiza formed vast stands with an area of hundreds of square meters and with high productivity. Besides monodominant communities, it was met as a component of the cenoses of such hydrophytes as Stratiotes aloides and Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, as well as of the helophyte communities formed by Typha latifolia and Eleocharis mamillata. According to local residents, Wolffia was observed as abundant for some years; thus, most likely, the population winters safely at the latitude of Novosibirsk. The most likely source of Wolffia arrhiza appearance in the lake was an accidental introduction from an aquarium, although the possibility of this plant entering the lake in high-water years from the wastewater of the municipal settling tank of Novosibirsk sewage waters also exists.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are sincerely grateful to V.O. Kosterin for pointing out the whereabouts of Wolffia; to A.V. Dyachenko and N.Yu. Kurepina (Institute for Water and Environmental Problems, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences) for the provided vector layers for maps; to A.I. Kipriyanov for help in expeditionary work; to E.A. Gatilova, at the UNU-Herbarium of the Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (USU_440537), for digitizing Wolffia herbarium specimens; and to A.V. Shcherbakov (Moscow State University) for advice on the morphology and biology of species of the genus Wolffia.

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This work was carried out within the framework of the State Assignment of the Institute for Water and Environmental Problems, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, project no. 121031200178-8 “Study of the diversity and structural-functional organization of aquatic ecosystems for the conservation and rational use of water and biological resources of Western Siberia,” and the State Assignment of the Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, “Biological Diversity of Cryptogamic Organisms and Vascular Plants of North Asia and Adjacent Territories, Their Ecological and Geographical Characteristics and Monitoring” (AA-AA-A21-121011290024-5), as well as within the framework of the research project of the Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 0259-2021-0012, “Genetic control of the development of economically valuable traits in agricultural plants.”

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  1. Institute for Water and Environmental Problems, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 656038, Barnaul, Russia

    L. M. Kipriyanova

  2. Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

    N. V. Priidak

  3. Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

    O. E. Kosterin

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Kipriyanova, L.M., Priidak, N.V. & Kosterin, O.E. Wolffia arrhiza (L.) Horkel ex Wimm. Record in Novosibirsk Region (Western Siberia)—The First in Asian Russia. Russ J Biol Invasions 12, 277–282 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075111721030085

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