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Pistia stratiotes L.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Liliopsida
order
Alismatales
family
Araceae
genus
Pistia
species
Pistia stratiotes

Name

Synonyms
Apiospermum obcordatum (Schleid.) Klotzsch
Limnonesis commutata (Schleid.) Klotzsch
Limnonesis friedrichsthaliana Klotzsch
Pistia aegyptiaca Schleid.
Pistia aethiopica Fenzl
Pistia aethiopica Fenzl ex Klotzsch
Pistia africana C.Presl
Pistia amazonica C.Presl
Pistia brasiliensis Klotzsch
Pistia commutata Schleid.
Pistia crispata Blume
Pistia cumingii Klotzsch
Pistia gardneri Klotzsch
Pistia horkeliana Miq.
Pistia leprieuri Blume
Pistia linguiformis Blume
Pistia minor Blume
Pistia natalensis Klotzsch
Pistia obcordata Schleid.
Pistia occidentalis Blume
Homonyms
Pistia stratiotes L.
Common names
Lechuguilla de agua in language.
Muschelblume, Wassersalat in German
Muslingeblomst in Danish
Nile-cabbage in English
Wassersalat in German
Wassersalat in German
Water lettuce in English
alface-d'água in language.
alface-de-água in Portuguese
apon-apon in language.
babelka řezanovitá in Czech
flor-d'água in language.
kagylótutaj in Hungarian
laitue d'eau in French
laitue d'eau in French
laitue d'eau in language.
laitue d’eau in French
lechuga de agua in Spanish
lechuguita de agua in language.
lechuguita de agua in Spanish
musselblomma in Swedish
pistie in language.
pistie in language.
repolho-d'água in language.
repollo de agua in language.
salade d’eau in language.
shellflower in language.
shellflower in English
tropical duckweed in English
tropical duckweed in language.
tropical-duckweed in English
water lettuce in English
water lettuce in language.
water lettuce in language.
water lettuce in English
water-cabbage in English
water-lettuce in English
water-lettuce in English
waterbonnet in English
watersla in Dutch
waterslaai in Afrikaans
Jantje zwemt in Dutch
Water Lettuce in English
Water-lettuce in English
Watersla in Dutch
laitue d'eau in French
musselblomma in Swedish
water lettuce in English
Laitue d'Eau in French
Lechuguilla de Agua in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis M. (eds.). 2019. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
  2. Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & Celis, M. (eds.). (2015). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C. Disponible en http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
  3. Brown, N. E. "". Aroideae. Flora of Tropical Africa. 8 (1), (1901). http://araceae.e-monocot.org/node/73
  4. Sp. Pl.,: 963,1753
  5. Svenska kärlväxtnamn (1899-12-31 23:00:00) Databas levererad av Thomas Karlsson 2011-06-16
  6. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) PLANTS Database (2021drn), https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=PIST2
  7. Van der Meijden, R. (2005)
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