Pistia stratiotes(PIIST)
Overview Code created in: 2002-07-22
- EPPO Code: PIIST
- Preferred name: Pistia stratiotes
- Authority: Linnaeus
An invasive water weed whose exact area of origin is not known. It now occurs widely in tropical and subtropical areas.
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Pistia occidentalis | Blume |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| Nile cabbage | English |
| tropical duckweed | English |
| water lettuce | English (US) |
| Muschelblume | German |
| Wassersalat | German |
| laitue d'eau | French |
| pistie | French |
| flor de totumo | Spanish (CO) |
| lamparilla | Spanish (BO) |
| lechuga de agua | Spanish |
| lechuguilla de agua | Spanish |
| lechuguita de agua | Spanish |
| pasta murure | Spanish (MX) |
| repollito de agua | Spanish |
| repollo de agua | Spanish |
| lattuga acquatica | Italian |
| pistia | Italian |
| vela d'acqua | Italian |
| mosselplant | Dutch |
| slakroos | Dutch |
| watersla | Dutch |
| alface-de-água | Portuguese (BR) |
| mururé-pajé | Portuguese |
| botanukikusa | Japanese |
| ボタンウキクサ | Japanese |
| водяной салат | Russian |
| пистия | Russian |
| kagylótutaj | Hungarian |
| dà piāo | Chinese |
| 大漂 | Chinese |
| babelka řezanovitá | Czech |
| vodný šalát | Slovak |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Basal monocotyledons (
1MOND )
Order
Alismatales (
1ALIO )
Family
Araceae (
1ARMF )
Subfamily
Aroideae (
1ARMS )
Genus
Pistia (
1PIIG )
Species
Pistia stratiotes (
PIIST )