Pistia stratiotes Linnaeus 1753 (water cabbage)

Angiospermae - Mesangiosperms - Araceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Belongs to Pistia according to C. Linnaeus 1753

Sister taxa: Pistia claibornensis, Pistia corrugata, Pistia nordenskioeldi, Pistia spathulata, Pistia wilcoxensis

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pistia stratiotes in the database

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