Taxonomic tree
Kingdom Plantae 2414 Phylum Tracheophyta 2407 Subphylum Angiospermae 2272 Class Liliopsida 482 Order Alismatales 62 Family Araceae 50 Subfamily Aroideae 29 Tribe Pistieae 1 Genus Pistia 1
Pistia stratiotes
Introduced
Pistia stratiotes L. Species
Water Lettuce
Introduced herb species. Naturalized, cultivated.
Other common names
Lettuce Water en, Nile Lettuce en, Nile Cabbage en, Water Cabbage en, Shellflower en, Tropical Duckweed en.
Distribution
Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Caribbean Netherlands, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint-Martin, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, The Bahamas, The Gambia, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, U.S. Virgin Islands, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Specimens & Observations 1 records
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BOS.00107812 ?
Observation
Sex / Stage
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Observed by
Ong Kwan Han
Identified by
Ong Kwan Han
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