Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Pistia L.
WATER-LETTUCE
Classification
ALISMATALES
Pistia
Citation
PISTIA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 963. 1753.
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TYPE: Pistia stratiotes Linnaeus
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Pistia stratiotes WATER-LETTUCE Native OBL (NWPL) Y
[Family identification key]

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Apiospermum Apiospermum Klotzsch, Abh. Koenigl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1852: 351. 1853. TYPE: Apiospermum obcordatum (Schleiden) Klotzsch, nom. illegit. (Pistia obcordata Schleiden, nom. illegit.; Pistia stratiotes Linnaeus) = Pistia Linnaeus 1753.
Kodda-Pail Kodda-Pail Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 75, 541. 1763. TYPE: = Pistia Linnaeus 1753.
Limnonesis Limnonesis Klotzsch, Abh. Koenigl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1852: 352. 1853. TYPE: Limnonesis commutata (Schleiden) Klotzsch (Pistia commutata Schleiden) Lectotypified by Nicolson, Taxon 16: 517. 1967.
Zala Zala Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 401, 405. 1790. TYPE: Zala asiatica Loureiro