Pistia stratiotes
(Araceae)
Nile cabbage, tropical duckweed, water cabbage, water lettuce
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Pistia stratiotes is native to Africa and South America.
Pistia stratiotes information from PIER
Information on Pistia stratiotes as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).
Pistia stratiotes description and ecology from GISD (ISSG)
A species description and information about the ecology of Pistia stratiotes as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).
Pistia stratiotes information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Pistia stratiotes--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.
Pistia stratiotes information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Pistia stratiotes, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.
IPNI nomenclature info for Pistia stratiotes
Nomenclatural information about Pistia stratiotes is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).
Pistia stratiotes impact information from GISD (ISSG)
Impact information regarding Pistia stratiotes as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).
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).
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.
Pistia stratiotes information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Pistia stratiotes in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.
Pistia stratiotes images from PIER
Images of Pistia stratiotes provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).
Pistia stratiotes information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Pistia stratiotes--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.
Pistia stratiotes worldwide distribution from GISD (ISSG)
Worldwide distribution information about Pistia stratiotes is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).
Pistia stratiotes references from GISD (ISSG)
References regarding Pistia stratiotes as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).
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