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Araceae

Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Aglaonemateae

Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Areae

Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Caladieae

Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Colocasieae

Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Dieffenbachieae

Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Philodendreae

Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Spathicarpeae

Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Thomsonieae

Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Zamioculcadeae

Subfamily Aroideae
Tribe Zantedeschieae

Subfamily Lasioideae

Subfamily Monsteroideae
Tribe Monstereae

Subfamily Monsteroideae
Tribe Spathiphylleae

Subfamily Pisteae

Subfamily Pothoideae
Tribe Anthurieae

Subfamily Pothoideae
Tribe Potheae

Pistia stratiotes L.

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Water Lettuce, Shellflower
  • Family: Araceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Pantropical
  • Habitat:

  • Description: One species, a pantropic, free-floating perennial of quiet ponds nearly throughout the tropics and subtropics; stoloniferous, forming colonies, rosettes to 6 inches across, with long, feathery, hanging roots; leaves obovate to spathulate-oblong, truncate to emarginate at the apex, long-cuneate at base, with many prominent longitudinal veins, light green, velvety-hairy; inflorescence inconspicuous, to 1/2 inch long; flowers few, unisexual, enclosed in a leaflike spathe.

    Often grown in ponds and aquaria, can become a serious pest in the tropics.

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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199600001
  • Source: Kim Glazier ex Fairchild BG
  • Accession Date: 03-18-1996
  • Bench: 2312 - Aquatics Tanks
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 05-07-2008
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Alismatales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Araceae
  • SubFamily: Pisteae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:
References:

Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976

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