EPPO Global Database

Pistia stratiotes(PIIST)

Distribution

Last updated: 2024-04-29

The native range of the species is debated. The species is either native to South America, or has a pan-tropical native range across the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia and South America. See EPPO (2017) for further details. EPPO (2017) Pest Risk Analysis Pistia stratiotes EPPO, Paris. https://www.eppo.int/INVASIVE_PLANTS/ias_plants.htm

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Present
Transient
Native range (Plants)
Continent Country State Status
Africa Angola Present, no details view...
Africa Benin Present, no details view...
Africa Botswana Present, no details view...
Africa Burkina Faso Present, no details [Invasive] view...
Africa Burundi Present, no details view...
Africa Cameroon Present, no details view...
Africa Central African Republic Present, no details view...
Africa Chad Present, no details view...
Africa Comoros Present, no details view...
Africa Congo, Democratic republic of the Present, no details view...
Africa Cote d'Ivoire Present, no details view...
Africa Egypt Present, no details [Invasive] view...
Africa Egypt Present, no details [Invasive] view...
Africa Equatorial Guinea Present, no details view...
Africa Eswatini Present, no details [Invasive] view...
Africa Ethiopia Present, no details view...
Africa Gabon Present, no details view...
Africa Gambia Present, no details view...
Africa Ghana Present, no details view...
Africa Guinea Present, no details view...
Africa Guinea-Bissau Present, no details view...
Africa Kenya Present, no details view...
Africa Lesotho Present, no details view...
Africa Liberia Present, no details view...
Africa Madagascar Present, no details view...
Africa Malawi Present, no details view...
Africa Mauritania Present, no details view...
Africa Mauritius Present, no details view...
Africa Morocco Present, no details [Invasive] view...
Africa Mozambique Present, no details view...
Africa Namibia Present, no details view...
Africa Niger Present, no details view...
Africa Nigeria Present, no details view...
Africa Reunion Present, no details view...
Africa Rwanda Present, no details view...
Africa Senegal Present, no details view...
Africa Seychelles Present, no details [Invasive] view...
Africa Sierra Leone Present, no details view...
Africa Somalia Present, no details view...
Africa South Africa Present, no details view...
Africa Sudan Present, no details view...
Africa Tanzania Present, no details view...
Africa Togo Present, no details view...
Africa Uganda Present, no details view...
Africa Zambia Present, no details view...
Africa Zimbabwe Present, no details view...
America Antigua and Barbuda Present, no details view...
America Argentina Present, no details view...
America Belize Present, no details view...
America Bolivia Present, no details view...
America Brazil Present, no details view...
America Brazil Mato Grosso Present, no details view...
America Brazil Mato Grosso do Sul Present, no details view...
America Canada Present, no details view...
America Canada Ontario Present, no details view...
America Chile Present, no details view...
America Colombia Present, no details view...
America Costa Rica Present, no details view...
America Cuba Present, no details view...
America Dominican Republic Present, no details view...
America Ecuador Present, no details view...
America El Salvador Present, no details view...
America French Guiana Present, no details view...
America Guadeloupe Present, no details view...
America Guatemala Present, no details view...
America Guyana Present, no details view...
America Haiti Present, no details view...
America Honduras Present, no details view...
America Jamaica Present, no details view...
America Martinique Present, no details view...
America Mexico Present, no details view...
America Montserrat Present, no details view...
America Nicaragua Present, no details view...
America Panama Present, no details view...
America Paraguay Present, no details view...
America Peru Present, no details view...
America Puerto Rico Present, no details [Invasive] view...
America Saint Lucia Present, no details view...
America Suriname Present, no details view...
America Trinidad and Tobago Present, no details view...
America United States of America Present, no details view...
America United States of America Arizona Present, no details view...
America United States of America California Present, no details view...
America United States of America Colorado Present, no details view...
America United States of America Delaware Present, no details view...
America United States of America Florida Present, no details view...
America United States of America Georgia Present, no details view...
America United States of America Hawaii Present, no details view...
America United States of America Kansas Present, no details view...
America United States of America Louisiana Present, no details view...
America United States of America Maryland Present, no details view...
America United States of America Mississippi Present, no details view...
America United States of America Missouri Present, no details view...
America United States of America New Jersey Present, no details view...
America United States of America New York Present, no details view...
America United States of America North Carolina Present, no details view...
America United States of America Ohio Present, no details view...
America United States of America South Carolina Present, no details view...
America United States of America Texas Present, no details view...
America Uruguay Present, no details view...
America Venezuela Present, no details view...
America Virgin Islands (US) Present, no details view...
Asia Afghanistan Present, no details view...
Asia Bangladesh Present, no details view...
Asia Brunei Darussalam Present, no details view...
Asia Cambodia Present, no details view...
Asia China Present, widespread view...
Asia China Anhui Present, no details view...
Asia China Aomen (Macau) Present, no details view...
Asia China Chongqing Present, no details view...
Asia China Fujian Present, no details view...
Asia China Guangdong Present, no details view...
Asia China Guangxi Present, no details view...
Asia China Guizhou Present, no details view...
Asia China Hainan Present, no details view...
Asia China Henan Present, no details view...
Asia China Hubei Present, no details view...
Asia China Hunan Present, no details view...
Asia China Jiangsu Present, no details view...
Asia China Jiangxi Present, no details view...
Asia China Liaoning Present, no details view...
Asia China Shandong Present, no details view...
Asia China Sichuan Present, no details view...
Asia China Tianjin Present, no details view...
Asia China Xianggang (Hong Kong) Present, no details view...
Asia China Yunnan Present, no details view...
Asia China Zhejiang Present, no details view...
Asia India Present, no details view...
Asia Indonesia Present, no details view...
Asia Israel Present, few occurrences [Invasive] view...
Asia Japan Present, no details view...
Asia Kazakhstan Present, no details view...
Asia Laos Present, no details view...
Asia Malaysia Present, no details view...
Asia Myanmar Present, no details [Invasive] view...
Asia Nepal Present, no details view...
Asia Pakistan Present, no details view...
Asia Philippines Present, no details view...
Asia Singapore Present, no details view...
Asia Sri Lanka Present, no details view...
Asia Taiwan Present, no details view...
Asia Thailand Present, no details view...
Asia Vietnam Present, no details view...
Europe Croatia Present, no details view...
Europe France Present, few occurrences view...
Europe Germany Present, restricted distribution view...
Europe Italy Present, no details view...
Europe Italy Sardegna Present, no details view...
Europe Poland Present, no details view...
Europe Russia Present, no details view...
Europe Serbia Present, no details view...
Europe Slovakia Transient view...
Europe Slovenia Present, no details view...
Europe Spain Present, restricted distribution [Invasive] view...
Europe Spain Islas Canárias Present, restricted distribution view...
Europe Ukraine Present, no details view...
Oceania Australia Present, no details [Invasive] view...
Oceania Australia New South Wales Present, no details [Invasive] view...
Oceania Australia Northern Territory Present, no details [Invasive] view...
Oceania Australia Queensland Present, no details [Invasive] view...
Oceania Australia Western Australia Present, no details [Invasive] view...
Oceania Cook Islands Present, no details view...
Oceania French Polynesia Present, no details view...
Oceania Guam Present, no details view...
Oceania New Caledonia Present, no details view...
Oceania New Zealand Absent, pest eradicated view...
Oceania Northern Mariana Islands Present, no details view...
Oceania Papua New Guinea Present, no details view...
Oceania Solomon Islands Present, no details view...
Oceania Vanuatu Present, no details view...