Pistia stratiotes

Pistia stratiotes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alismatales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Aroideae
Tribus: Pistieae
Genus: Pistia
Species: Pistia stratiotes

Name

Pistia stratiotes L. (1753)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Apiospermum obcordatum (Schleid.) Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1853: 351. 1853.
  • Limnonesis commutata (Schleid.) Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1853: 24 (1853).
  • Limnonesis friedrichsthaliana Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1853: 24 (1853).
  • Pistia aegyptiaca Schleid., Allg. Gartenzeitung 6: 19 (1838).
  • Pistia aethiopica Fenzl ex Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1853: 354 (1853).
  • Pistia africana C.Presl, Epimel. Bot.: 240 (1851).
  • Pistia amazonica C.Presl, Epimel. Bot.: 240 (1851).
  • Pistia brasiliensis Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1853: 356 (1853).
  • Pistia commutata Schleid., Allg. Gartenzeitung 6: 20 (1838).
  • Pistia crispata Blume, Rumphia 1: 78. 1836.
  • Pistia cumingii Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1853: 354 (1853).
  • Pistia gardneri Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1853: 356 (1853).
  • Pistia horkeliana Miq., Linnaea 18: 81 (1845).
  • Pistia leprieuri Blume, Rumphia 1: 79 (1836).
  • Pistia linguiformis Blume, Rumphia 1: 79 (1836).
  • Pistia minor Blume, Rumphia 1: 78 (1836).
  • Pistia natalensis Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1853: 354 (1853).
  • Pistia obcordata Schleid., Allg. Gartenzeitung 6: 20 (1838).
  • Pistia occidentalis Blume, Rumphia 1: 79 (1836).
  • Pistia schleideniana Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1853: 356 (1853).
  • Pistia spathulata Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 162 (1803).
  • Pistia stratiotes var. cuneata Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 214 (1878).
  • Pistia stratiotes var. linguiformis Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 214 (1878).
  • Pistia stratiotes var. obcordata (Schleid.) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 214 (1878).
  • Pistia stratiotes var. spathulata (Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 214 (1878).Michx.) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 214 (1878).
  • Pistia texensis Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1853: 356 (1853).
  • Pistia turpinii K.Koch, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 577 (1852).
  • Pistia weigeltiana C.Presl, Epimel. Bot.: 240 (1851).
  • Zala asiatica Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 405 (1790).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Pistia stratiotes Continental: Trop. & Subtrop Afghanistan, Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Aruba, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Galapagos, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, India, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan, Sulawesi, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaire, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 963. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Pistia stratiotes in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Pistia stratiotes. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 07 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Pistia stratiotes in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 07.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Pistia stratiotes. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Nov. 2018.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Waterslaai
অসমীয়া: বৰপুণি
Boarisch: Greane Wosserrósen, Wossersoloot
বাংলা: টোপাপানা
Deutsch: Wassersalat
suomi: Pistia, vesisalaatti
magyar: Úszó kagylótutaj
Türkçe: Su marulu

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