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Pistia stratiotes
Water lettuce Wa"ter let"tuce (Bot.) A plant (Pistia stratiotes) which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).

Meaning of Pistia from wikipedia

- Pistia is a genus of aquatic plants in the arum family, Araceae. It is the sole genus in the tribe Pistieae which reflects its systematic isolation within...
- may provide breeding ground for mosquitoes. Examples include Lemna spp or Pistia spp. the latter commonly called water lettuce, water cabbage or Nile cabbage...
- lay their eggs on water plants like Azolla caroliniana (water velvet), Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce), and Salvinia rotundifolia (water fern). Larval...
- Araceae family, which includes other water-loving plants such as Arum and Pistia. It is the smallest vascular plant on Earth. Native to Europe, Africa, and...
- Alfalfa Maize (corn) Gr****-legume mix Sorghums Oats Lemna minorDuckweed Pistia stratiotesWater lecttuce Eichhornia cr****ipes – Water hyacinth Salvinia...
- widely distributed genus Rhizophora is referred to as the true mangroves. Pistia, a genus with one species that is native to tropical environments and has...
- Nymphoides cristata Paederia cruddasiana Paederia foetida Pani**** repens Pistia - actually likely a native cryptogenic species, but listed as invasive Psidium...
- cupressaceous conifers; and leaves of Ginkgo, Cercidiphyllum, Plat****, a Pistia-like aquatic plant, and others. A rich ****emblage of fossil pollen and spores...
- Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) in Odesa, Ukraine...
- mainly grow in the north where the salinity is high, and the floating plant pistia sometimes covers large areas of open water. Plants such as hyparrhenia rufa...