Characteristics
Monocots
Pistia stratiotes L.
WATER-LETTUCE
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Current evidence supports the species as native to Florida, but also that four different clades occur in Florida (Madeira et al. 2022; Evans et al. 2024). There has otherwise been some uncertainty about its nativity (Muss et al. 2003; Evans 2013).
Native
OBL (NWPL)
FISC(I)
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Citation
PISTIA STRATIOTES Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 963. 1753.
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INDIA: Kerala: (lectotype: Rheede, Hort. Malab. 11: t. 32. 1692). Lectotypified by Suresh et al., Taxon 32: 127. 1983.
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
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Synonyms
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Basionym
Type
Apiospermum obcordatum
Apiospermum obcordatum (Schleiden) Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1852: 351. 1853,.
BASIONYM: Pistia obcordata Schleiden 1838.
Limnonesis commutata
Limnonesis commutata (Schleiden) Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1852: 351-352. 1853.
BASIONYM: Pistia commutata Schleiden 1838.
Limnonesis friedrichsthaliana
Limnonesis friedrichsthaliana Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1852: 351-352. 1853.
Pistia aegyptiaca
Pistia aegyptiaca Schleiden, Allg. Gartenzeitung 6: 19. 1838.
Pistia aethiopica
Pistia aethiopica Fenzl ex Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1852: 354. 1853.
TYPE: ETHIOPIA:
Pistia africana
Pistia africana C. Presl, Epimel. Bot. 240. 1851.
TYPE: SOUTH AFRICA:
Pistia amazonica
Pistia amazonica C. Presl, Epimel. Bot. 240. 1851.
TYPE: BRAZIL:
Pistia brasiliensis
Pistia brasiliensis Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1852: 356. 1853.
TYPE: BRAZIL:
Pistia commutata
Pistia commutata Schleiden, Allg. Gartenzeitung 6: 20. 1838.
Pistia crispata
Pistia crispata Blume, Rumphia 1: 78. 1836, nom. superfl.
BASIONYM: Pistia stratiotes Linnaeus 1753.
Specimens and Distribution
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