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Details for: Pistia stratiotes
Source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Name: Pistia stratiotes L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 963. 1753
Rank: Species
Status: ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): Regnum - Plantae
     Divisio - Tracheophyta
          Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
               Class - Magnoliopsida
                    Superordo - Lilianae
                         Ordo - Alismatales
                              Familia - Araceae
                                   Genus - Pistia L.
                                       
Heterotypic synonyms: Apiospermum obcordatum (Schleid.) Klotzsch
Limnonesis commutata (Schleid.) Klotzsch
Limnonesis friedrichsthaliana Klotzsch
Pistia aegyptiaca Schleid.
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
Pistia schleideniana Klotzsch
Pistia spathulata Michx.
Pistia texensis Klotzsch
Pistia turpinii K. Koch
Pistia weigeltiana C. Presl
Zala asiatica Lour.
Pistia stratiotes var. linguiformis Engl.
Pistia stratiotes var. obcordata (Schleid.) Engl.
Pistia stratiotes var. spathulata (Michx.) Engl.
 
Maps: distribution
Occurrence: Eg [Ho Uk(U)]