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Pistia
stratiotes
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Classification
Monocots
Family
ARACEAE
Genus
Pistia
Species
Pistia
stratiotes
L.
Common Name
WATER-LETTUCE
Growth Habit
**
C Value
**
Plant Notes
It is unclear if Pistia stratiotes is native or non-native (e.g. Muss et al. 2003; Evans 2013).
Status
Native
OBL (NWPL)
FISC(I)
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Supraordinal
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ALISMATALES
Family
ARACEAE
Genus
Pistia
Species
Pistia
stratiotes
L.
- WATER-LETTUCE
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Citation
Citation
PISTIA STRATIOTES Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 963. 1753.
Basionym
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Type
INDIA: Kerala: (lectotype: Rheede, Hort. Malab. 11: t. 32. 1692). Lectotypified by Suresh et al., Taxon 32: 127. 1983.
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Pistia stratiotes
- Dennis Woodland
Pistia stratiotes
- Betty Wargo
Pistia stratiotes
- Betty Wargo
Pistia stratiotes
- Bob Bierman
Pistia stratiotes
- Roger Hammer
Pistia stratiotes
- Shirley Denton
Pistia stratiotes
- Asit K. Ghosh
Pistia stratiotes
- Keith Bradley
Pistia stratiotes
- Asit K. Ghosh
Pistia stratiotes
- Asit K. Ghosh
Pistia stratiotes
- Keith Bradley