Pistia stratiotes (Araceae) Nile cabbage, tropical duckweed, water cabbage, water lettuce

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Species description or overview

Pistia stratiotes ("water lettuce") information from ISSG/GISD
Nomenclatural information about Paederia foetida is provided by ITIS.

Taxonomy & nomenclature

ITIS nomenclature info for Pistia stratiotes
Nomenclatural information about Pistia stratiotes is provided by ITIS.

IPNI nomenclature info for Pistia stratiotes
Nomenclatural information about Pistia stratiotes is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Impacts

Pistia stratiotes ("water lettuce") impact information from ISSG/GISD
Information about impacts of Pistia stratiotes ("water lettuce") as an invasive species is provided by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) in the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD).

Control methods

Images

Images of Pistia stratiotes (Araceae) (water lettuce)
Links to high-resolution free images of Pistia stratiotes (Araceae) (water lettuce) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands info for Pistia stratiotes
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Pistia stratiotes images from PIER
Images of Pistia stratiotes provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Distribution

Worldwide distribution information about Pistia stratiotes ("water lettuce") from ISSG/GISD
USDA/ITIS (http://www.itis.usda.gov/)

Cited as invasive (on a list)

In the news

Other resources

References regarding Pistia stratiotes ("water lettuce") from ISSG/GISD
USDA/ITIS (http://www.itis.usda.gov/)

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