Pistia
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Pistia

water lettuce

Hierarchical position of the Genus Pistia

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Aridae Takht.
pub. 1997
  
   SuperOrdo  Aranae Thorne ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 235. 1992.
  
   Ordo  Arales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 65. 1829.
  
   Familia  Araceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 23. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Arums
  
   Subfamilia  Pistioideae (Rich. ex A. Rich.) Arn.
pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 136. 9 Mar 1832.
   Tribus  Pistieae Rich. ex A. Rich.
pub. Arch. Bot. (Paris) 1: 29. 28 Jan 1833.
   Subtribus  Pistiinae (Rich. ex A. Rich.) Voigt
pub. Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 684. Aug-Dec 1845.
   Genus  Pistia L.
pub. (1753)
common name: pistia

Named members of the Genus Pistia

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   Species  stratiotes L.
common name: water lettuce

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

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