PLANTS Profile for Pistia (pistia)

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PLANTS Profile

Pistia L.
pistia

Symbol:

PISTI

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Araceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Native Status:

None

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R.A. Howard. ©Smithsonian Institution. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Richard A. Howard Photograph Collection. United States, FL, Everglades National Park, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Images:
Pistia L.

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Distribution:
Pistia L.

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, HI, KS, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, SC, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Pistia L.

View 29 genera in Araceae or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Pistia stratiotes L.. . Image Available.

Pistia stratiotes
water lettuce

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Pistia L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Arecidae
Order	Arales
Family	Araceae – Arum family
Genus	Pistia L. – pistia

More Accounts and Images:
Pistia L.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42541.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/20/2013 04:20 PM CDT