MBG Rare Books: Additional Plant Information

Selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia / in qua ad Linnaeanum systema determinatae descriptaeque sistuntur plantae illae, quas in insulis Martinica, Jamaica, Domingo, alliisque, et in vicinae continentis parte, observavit rariores : adjectis iconibus in solo natali delineatis. Volume 2 of 2

Click for Enlargement Name as Printed: Pistia stratiotes L.

Current Name: Pistia stratiotes L.

Family: Araceae

Common Name: water lettuce, apon-apon, laitue d'eau, lechuguita de qgua, pistie, tropical duckweed, water-lettuce

Further Information:

Detailed botanical data (including distribution maps and other images) available from Tropicos.org, our nomenclatural database.
USDA Plant Profile