Pistia stratiotes
(Araceae)
Nile cabbage, tropical duckweed, water cabbage, water lettuce
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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 ("water lettuce") information from ISSG/GISD
Nomenclatural information about Paederia foetida is provided by ITIS.
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).
Information about control methods for Pistia stratiotes ("water lettuce") from ISSG/GISD
Nomenclatural information about Oryza rufipogon is provided by ITIS.
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 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).
Worldwide distribution information about Pistia stratiotes ("water lettuce") from ISSG/GISD
USDA/ITIS (http://www.itis.usda.gov/)
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).
References regarding Pistia stratiotes ("water lettuce") from ISSG/GISD
USDA/ITIS (http://www.itis.usda.gov/)
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