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    Traditional uses and benefits of Water lettuce

    By SylviaFebruary 9, 2022Updated:February 13, 2022No Comments17 Mins Read
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    Pistia stratiotes, often called water cabbage, water lettuce or shellflower is a free floating, perennial plant belonging to Araceae (Arum family). It is the sole species of this genus. The plant is native to South and Central America, Africa and south-east Asia. It is also native to the Northern Territory in Australia. It is found in cooler climates, like Belgium, Czechia, France, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine, and parts of the United States. It was first discovered from the Nile near Lake Victoria in Africa. It is now present, either naturally or through human introduction, in nearly all tropical and subtropical fresh waterways and is considered an invasive species as well as a mosquito breeding habitat.  Few of the popular common names of the plant are water lettuce, Nile-cabbage, Shellflower, Tropical duckweed, Water-cabbage, Water bonnet, water lily, floating aroid, pistia and water fern.

    The genus name is derived from the Greek word πιστός (pistos), meaning “water,” and refers to the aquatic nature of the plants. The specific epithet is also derived from a Greek word, στρατιώτης, meaning “soldier,” which references the sword-shaped leaves of some plants in the Stratiotes genus. It is commonly used as an ornamental plant in water gardens. The plant is occasionally used locally for food, but only usually where nothing better is available. It has a range of medicinal applications and is also used as a source of organic matter and to remove toxins from polluted water. It is occasionally grown as an ornamental in the tropics and as an indoor aquatic ornamental in temperate regions.

    Water Lettuce Facts

    Water lettuce Quick Facts
    Name: Water lettuce
    Scientific Name: Pistia stratiotes
    Origin South and Central America, Africa and south-east Asia
    Colors Green berry that turns brown at maturity
    Shapes Egg-shaped or oval berries that are 5-10 mm long and 3-6 mm wide, thin-walled, containing about 4 to 12 seeds
    Taste Bitter, pungent
    Health benefits Support dropsy, bladder complaints, kidney afflictions, diabetes, hematuria, dysentery, anemia, hemorrhoids, tumors, dysentery, worm infestations, tuberculosis, asthma
    Name Water lettuce
    Scientific Name Pistia stratiotes
    Native South and Central America, Africa and south-east Asia. It is also native to the Northern Territory in Australia. It is found in cooler climates, like Belgium, Czechia, France, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine, and parts of the United States
    Common Names Water lettuce, Nile-cabbage, Shellflower, Tropical duckweed, Water-cabbage, Water bonnet, water lily, floating aroid, pistia, water fern
    Name in Other Languages Afrikaans: Waterslaai
    Albanian: Marule uji
    Amharic: Wiha selat’a (ውሃ ሰላጣ)
    Arabic: Khas alma (خس الماء), haa ealam alma (حى عالم الماء),
    zaqim (zuqqym) (زقيم (زُقّيم)، laqimah alqadaa (luqmat alqadaa) (لقمه القاضى (لُقْمَة القاضى), zaqim  (زقيم)
    Armenian: Jri gazar (ջրի գազար)
    Assamese: Barapuni (বৰপুণি)
    Azerbaijani: Su kahı
    Bambara: Kɔbaga
    Bangladesh: Tokapan
    Belarusian: Vadzianaja salata (вадзяная салата)
    Bengali: Jala lēṭusa (জল লেটুস), Ṭōpāpānā (টোপাপানা), Takapana, tokapana
    Brazil: Alface-d’agua, flor-d’agua, repolho-d’agua
    Bulgarian: Vodna salata (водна салата), mideno tsvete (мидено цвете)
    Burmese: Ray s laat (ရေဆလတ်)
    Cambodia: Chak thom, chal thom
    Chinese: Shuǐ shēngcài (水生菜), Dà píng (大萍), Dà lián (大蓮), Dà ruǐ píng (大蕊萍), Shuǐ fúróng (水芙蓉), da piao, Shuo he lian, Shuo fu ping, Tian fu ping, Da piao
    Croatian: Vodena zelena salata
    Cuba: Lechuga cimarrona
    Czech: Vodní salát, Babelka řezanovitá
    Danish: Vand salat, Muslingeblomst,
    Dominican Republic: Patico
    Dutch: Watersla, Jantje zwemt, mosselplant, slakroos
    El Salvador: Verdolaga de agua
    English: Water lettuce, Nile-cabbage, Shellflower, Tropical duckweed, Water-cabbage, Waterbonnet, waterlily, floating aroid, pistia, water fern
    Esperanto: Akvo laktuko, Pistio
    Estonian: Vesisalat
    Filipino: Litsugas ng tubig
    Finnish: Vesisalaatti, pistia
    French: Laitue d’eau, Pistie, Salade du Nil
    Georgian: Ts’q’lis salati (წყლის სალათი) salati-ts’q’lis salati
    German: Wassersalat, Muschelblume, Wassersalat
    Greek: Maroúli neroú (μαρούλι νερού)
    Gujarati: Pāṇī lēṭīsa (પાણી લેટીસ), Jalashamkhala
    Hausa: Ruwa letas
    Hebrew: חסה מים
    Hindi: Paanee letish (पानी लेटिष), akasathamarai, antharathamra, boranjhanji, jalakumbi, kumbi, choti jala Kumbhi, Jal kumbhi
    Hungarian: Saláta, Kagylótutaj, úszó kagylótutaj
    Icelandic: Vatnasalat
    Indonesian: Selada air, apon-apon, apu-apu, kiapu
    Irish: Leitís uisce
    Italian: Lattuga d’acqua, pistia, lattuga acquatica, vela d’acqua
    Japanese: U~ōtāretasu (ウォーターレタス), Botan’ukikusa (ボタンウキクサ)
    Javanese: Lettuce banyu
    Kannada: Nīrina leṭis (ನೀರಿನ ಲೆಟಿಸ್), Kumbik (ಕುಂಬಿಕ್), Anthara gange
    Kazakh: Cу салаты
    Korean: Mul sangchu (물 상추)
    Kurdish: Ava marûzî
    Lao: Lettuce noa
    Latin: Aqua lactucis agrestibus
    Latvian: Udens salāti
    Lesser Antilles: Chance, godapail
    Lithuanian: Vandens salotos, Salotinė pistija
    Macedonian: Zelena salata (зелена салата)
    Malagasy: Lettuce rano
    Malay: Salad air, Kiambang
    Malayalam: Veḷḷaṁ cīra (വെള്ളം ചീര), pisṭiya (പിസ്ടിയ), Kodda pail
    Malaysia: Kiambang
    Maltese: Hass tal-ilma
    Manipuri: Kabokang
    Marathi: Pāṇī kōśimbirīsāṭhī vāparaṇyāta yēṇārā ēka pālā va tyācē jhāḍa (पाणी कोशिंबिरीसाठी वापरण्यात येणारा एक पाला व त्याचे झाड), Gondala, Jalamandvi, Prasni, sherbala
    Mongolian: Usny shantsainy urgamal
    Nepali: Paanee salad (पानी सलाद), Jalakumbhī (जलकुम्भी)
    Netherlands: Slakroos
    Norwegian: Vann salat, vass-salat
    Oriya: ପାଣି ଲେଥୁସ୍ |, ବୋରଝାଞ୍ଜି, Borajhanji
    Pashto: د اوبو لیټیوس
    Persian: کاهو آب
    Polish: Sałata wodna
    Portuguese: Alface de água, mururé-pajé           
    Punjabi: Pāṇī dī salāda (ਪਾਣੀ ਦੀ ਸਲਾਦ)
    Romanian: Salata de apa
    Russian: Vodnyy salat (водный салат), Pistiya (Пистия)
    Serbian: Vodena zelena salata (водена зелена салата)
    Sindhi: پاڻي جو ٻلو
    Sinhala: Vatura salāda koḷa (වතුර සලාද කොළ)
    Slovak: Vodný šalát        
    Slovenian: Vodna solata
    South Africa: Waterslaai
    Spanish: lechuga de agua, Lechuguita de agua, Lechuguilla de Agua, Repollo de Agua, flor de tetumo, lechuguilla, repollo de sapo, verdolago de agua, lamparilla, lechuguilla de vaca, lechuguita de aqua, pasta murure
    Sudanese: Apu cai
    Swedish: Vattensallad, Musselblomma
    Tagalog: Kiyapo
    Tajik: Salat ob (салат об)
    Tamil: Taṇṇīr kīrai (தண்ணீர் கீரை), Akasatamari, Agashatamarai, Akayat-tamarai
    Telugu: Nīṭi pālakūra (నీటి పాలకూర), Pisṭiyā (పిస్టియా), Akasatamara, Antara tamara
    Thai: N̂ả p̄hạk kād h̄xm (น้ำผักกาดหอม), chok (จอก) jawg
    Turkish: Su marulu
    Ukrainian: Vodnyy salat (водний салат)
    Urdu: Jalakumbhi
    Uzbek: Suv marul
    Venezuela: Lechuga de río, repollo de agua
    Vietnamese: Rau diếp, Bèo cái
    Welsh: Letys dŵr
    Zulu: Ulethisi wamanzi
    Plant Growth Habit Free-floating, frost-tender, aquatic herbaceous, perennial plant
    Growing Climates Rivers, dams, irrigation canals, channels, slow-moving streams in tropical, sub-tropical and warmer temperate regions, drainage ditches, ponds, lakes, springs, surface flow wetlands, reservoirs, polluted water, nearly dried-out lagoons, mud at water’s edge, rice paddies and marshes along the edges of large tropical lakes
    Soil Roots of this plant are free-floating, so soil is not necessary for healthy growth
    Plant Size Reach a diameter of around 30 cm (12 in) and a height of 10cm (4 in )
    Root Many fibrous roots fibrous, pendulous, measuring up to 50 cm long, with multiple perpendicular rootlets
    Stem Floating rosettes produce runners from the leaf bases. These runners are up to 60 cm long and are green, rounded, and quite hairy. They give rise to new rosettes and then readily separate from the parent plant
    Leaf Spongy leaves are pale yellowish-green or greyish-green in color. These leaves are 2.5-15 cm long and 2-8 cm wide and are fan-shaped or slightly spoon-shaped and have scalloped margins
    Flower Inconspicuous flowers lack petals and arranged on a short column-like flower clusters about 10-20 mm long arising in the leaf forks. These flower clusters have separate male and female flowers. A single female flower, consisting of an ovary and style, is found at the bottom and several (2-8) male flowers, consisting of two stamens, are located at the top
    Fruit Shape & Size Egg-shaped or oval berries that are 5-10 mm long and 3-6 mm wide, thin-walled, containing about 4 to 12 seeds
    Fruit Color Green berry that turns brown at maturity
    Seed Seeds are light brown colored and about 2 mm long and 1 mm wide, ovoid or oblong in shape, have a wrinkled surface, and contain a small air chamber
    Taste Bitter, pungent
    Plant Parts Used Whole plant, Ash
    Propagation By seed and stolons
    Varieties
    • Ruffled Water Lettuce
    • Jurassic Water Lettuce
    • Splash Water Lettuce

    Plant Description

    Water lettuce is a free-floating, frost-tender, aquatic herbaceous, perennial plant that normally reaches a diameter of around 30 cm (12 in) and a height of 10cm (4 in). It is commonly used as an ornamental plant in water garden. In tropical and sub-tropical climates it is a perennial. In temperate regions the plant behaves as an annual, returning after the winter months from submersed seeds. The plant is found growing in rivers, dams, irrigation canals, channels, slow-moving streams in tropical, sub-tropical and warmer temperate regions, drainage ditches, ponds, lakes, springs, surface flow wetlands, reservoirs, polluted water, nearly dried-out lagoons, mud at water’s edge, rice paddies and marshes along the edges of large tropical lakes.

    Roots of this plant are free-floating, so soil is not necessary for healthy growth. The plant has many fibrous roots that are pendulous, measuring up to 50 cm long, with multiple perpendicular rootlets. Feathery roots dangle downward from the plants, providing a shelter for many small fish. As an ornamental plant, water lettuce provides attractive foliage that inhibits growth of algae and helps keep water clear. It is included on the Federal Noxious Weed List. It is also occasionally commonly called shell flower.

    Stems

    The floating rosettes produce runners (i.e. stolons) from the leaf bases (i.e. axils). These runners are up to 60 cm long and are green, rounded (i.e. terete), and quite hairy (i.e. pubescent). They give rise to new rosettes and then readily separate from the parent plant. Plants resemble small open heads of lettuce. New plants are formed at the ends of stolons radiating outward from the mother plant. Plants can spread rapidly to form dense mats of foliage (to 4” tall), and are considered to be noxious weeds in many tropical and sub-tropical areas where they can quickly cover a pond or lake from shore to shore.

    Leaves

    The spongy leaves are pale yellowish-green or greyish-green in color. These leaves are 2.5-15 cm long and 2-8 cm wide and are fan-shaped or slightly spoon-shaped (i.e. spathulate) and have scalloped (i.e. crenated) margins. They have 6-15 prominent ribs (i.e. veins) on their undersides and are borne on very short leaf stalks (i.e. petioles). The upper surface is green and tomentose while the lower surface is paler and denser tomentum. These leaves are arranged in an overlapping fashion on a very short stem (i.e. they are densely alternately arranged into a rosette) and are covered in soft, white, velvety hairs (i.e. they are velvety pubescent). The hairs are water repellent and trap air, thus providing buoyancy to the plant.

    Flowers

    The inconspicuous flowers lack petals and arranged on a short column-like flower clusters about 10-20 mm long arising in the leaf forks (i.e. axils). These flower clusters (i.e. spadices) have separate male and female flowers (i.e. the flowers are unisexual). A single female (i.e. pistillate) flower, consisting of an ovary and style, is found at the bottom and several (2-8) male (i.e. staminate) flowers, consisting of two stamens, are located at the top. At the base of the flower cluster is a whitish colored bract (i.e. spathe) that is 7-12 mm long and about 5 mm wide. There is also a cup-shaped membrane on the column, which separates the male and female flowers from each other. Flowering occurs mostly during summer and early autumn.

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    Fruits

    Fertile flowers are followed by egg-shaped (i.e. ovoid) or oval (i.e. ellipsoid) fruit are greenish colored berries that are 5-10 mm long and 3-6 mm wide, thin-walled, containing about 4 to 12 seeds. The mature seeds are light brown colored and about 2 mm long and 1 mm wide, ovoid or oblong in shape, have a wrinkled (i.e. rugose) surface, and contain a small air chamber. The plant undergoes asexual reproduction by propagating through stolons, yet evidence of sexual reproduction has also been observed in the ponds of Southern Brazil.

    Types of Water Lettuce

    Listed below are few of the popular varieties of water lettuce

    Ruffled Water Lettuce

    This variation has leaves that are wavier and does not grow as large or rapidly as other varieties. If you want to put water cabbage into a small container, this is a great choice.

    Jurassic Water Lettuce

    This is a large variety of water lettuce that can reach the size of a dinner plate. This does not grow at the same speed at the more common varieties.

    Splash Water Lettuce

    It is a form of water lettuce that stays small and can be difficult to find for your aquarium.

    Propagation of Water Lettuce

    Water lettuce can propagate both sexually and asexually in the home aquarium, though sexually is extremely rare. However, water lettuce does pardon the pun, breed like rabbits, and you can soon be overrun.

    Sexual Propagation

    The flower of the water lettuce is situated in the center of the plant with each individual only having male or female flowers. When successful fertilization takes place, a small many-seeded green berry will appear from which new plants will grow.

    Asexual Propagation

    In this far more common form of propagation, the mother plant will develop smaller daughter plants that are attached to them by short stolons. Mother plants will develop plenty of daughters with little to no help from you.

    Be cautious, however, of this kind of propagation as these mother and daughter plants can soon form thick matting over the aquarium’s entire surface. This can result in little or no light reaching any other plants you have in your aquarium, or even cause the suffocation of your fish.

    Traditional uses and benefits of Water Lettuce

    • Infusion of leaves is used for dropsy, bladder complaints, kidney afflictions, diabetes, hematuria, dysentery, and anemia.
    • The plant is used to treat swellings and urinary tract infections.
    • Poultice of pounded leaves are used in hemorrhoids, tumors and boils.
    • Juice of leaves, mixed with coconut oil, is used for a variety of chronic skin conditions.
    • Leaves are mixed with rice and coconut milk, given for dysentery.
    • Powdered dry leaves are mixed with a little honey and are used for syphilis, 3 to 4 teaspoons a day.
    • Leaves are used for treatment of ringworm of scalp, syphylitic eruptions, skin infections, dysuria, boils and wounds in Indian traditional medicine.
    • Oil extract is used for worm infestations, tuberculosis, asthma, dysentery, piles, ulcers and burns.
    • It is used for menorrhagia.
    • Decoction is added to bathwater to treat edema.
    • Water lettuce plant is used as anodyne eyewash in Gambia.
    • Leaves are used in eczema, leprosy, ulcers, piles, and syphilis.
    • In the Peruvian Amazon, it is used for arthritis.
    • Oil extract is used for worm infestations, TB, asthma, dysentery, hemorrhoids, ulcers, syphilitic infections and burns.
    • Owing to high potash content, it is used as diuretic and is also used for gonorrhea.
    • It is also used in Ayurvedic medicine and for its diuretic, anti-diabetic, anti-dermatophytic, antifungal and antimicrobial properties.
    • Dried leaves are prepared into a powder form and are applied to wounds and sores for disinfection in Nigeria.
    • Leaf is infused in water to create eyewash to treat allergic conjunctivitis in Nigeria and Gambia.
    • Leaves can be burned into ash, and in Indian and Nigerian traditional medicine, the ash is used in treating ringworm infections of the scalp.
    • Roots are used externally to treat burns.
    • In India, this plant is used as an antiseptic and a treatment for asthma and dysentery.
    • Leaves are used in infusion for treatment of abnormal accumulation of liquid s in cellular tissue, bladder complaints, diabetes, and blood in urine, anemia and dysentery.
    • Root is used as a laxative, softens inflamed parts and promotes the flow of urine.
    • It is used for productive cough and asthma along with rose water and sugar.
    • Water lettuce decoction is taken to relieve indigestion, urgency and frequent urination and in baths for reducing hydropsy.
    • Leaves decoction is used to relieve difficulty in urination (dysuria)
    • Leaves are crushed, warmed and applied externally to treat piles.
    • Plant ash is applied externally in headache.
    • Plant ash is given along with cow urine to treat goiter.
    • Plant juice is used for ear diseases by the tribal people in India called Mundas.
    • It is an Ayurvedic medicine used to treat acute and chronic bronchitis, respiratory disorders, all types of cough, nasal congestion, sneezing.
    • It is used in the treatment of earache, otorrhea, tinnitus, and other ear disorders.

    Culinary Uses

    • It is used as a famine food in India in 1877-1878.
    • In China, young leaves are eaten cooked.
    • Leaves added to soup; prior parboiling advised to remove acridity from calcium oxalate crystals.
    • The Hausa people of Nigeria utilized the ash of the plant as a substitute for salt due to its high concentration of potassium chloride, a mineral salt.
    • The leaves are sometimes added to soups, but they need to be parboiled first in order to remove the acrid calcium oxalate crystals.

    Prevention and Control

    Due to the variable regulations around (de)registration of pesticides, your national list of registered pesticides or relevant authority should be consulted to determine which products are legally allowed for use in your country when considering chemical control. Pesticides should always be used in a lawful manner, consistent with the product’s label.

    Management of Pistia can be carried out by physical, chemical or biological control or by a combination of these methods (integrated control).

    Physical/Mechanical Control

    Physical removal of the plants can be done manually or by means of machines. Depending on the size and type of the infested water body different machines can be used. Weeds may be removed from irrigation and drainage canals using standard equipment such as mowing buckets attached to a tractor or a hydraulic excavator, as well as mowing launches. In general Pistia plants will grow in mixed vegetation with rooted plants and by using these machines the total aquatic vegetation will be removed. Special floating harvesters, which first collect the material and subsequently dump it on the shore, may be used in lakes and rivers. However, it should be taken into consideration that, in general, re-colonization of Pistia will occur. This implies that control measures should be part of a long-term maintenance program. Cost effectiveness of the control measures will depend on the losses brought about by Pistia infestation. This will be connected with the economic importance of the water body as well as the indirect effect on health of the local population via water-borne diseases.

    Biological Control

    Neohydronomus spp. is specialist feeders on P. stratiotes throughout its natural distribution in Central and South America. Confusion over the identity of the Neohydronomus sp. introduced into Australia for biological control was clarified by O’Brien and Wibmer (1989) who recognized three species. Very promising results have been obtained with the weevil Neohydronomus affinis (Hustache) which originated in South America. DeLoach et al. (1976) reported its specificity, and in 1982 it was released in Australia and subsequently in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Benin, Senegal, South Africa, Papua New Guinea and USA (see Harley et al., 1990; ECOWAS, 1995). The insect is well established in these countries, producing relatively high levels of control.

    Spodoptera pectinicornis is reported to control P. stratiotes in Thailand and has been screened and recommended for introduction into Florida, USA. A three-pronged attack using the related weevils Argentinorhynchus bruchi, Argentinorhynchus breyeri and Argentinorhynchus squamosus have been successful in controlling the weed’s spread in lab tests in Argentina. Several species of fungus have also been evaluated; Ramularia spp. and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum have shown potential for controlling P. stratiotes populations. See Waterhouse (1994) and Dray and Center (2002) for further information on biocontrol of P. stratiotes.

    Chemical Control

    Herbicides effective against Pistia include diquat, a combination of diquat and triclopyr, glyphosate, chlorsulfuron, terbutryn, 2, 4-D and endothall.

    The application of herbicides in or near water bodies may have serious consequences for the environment. It may also endanger the health of local people if the water is used for drinking, bathing, swimming or washing. These possibilities have to be carefully assessed before the use of herbicides on any but a limited experimental basis. A special formulation of diuron known as AF101 has been recommended in Australia, as well as diquat.

    Other Facts

    • It is a frequent decorative plant in residential ponds, aquariums and water fountains.
    • It is occasionally used for feeding hogs and ducks.
    • It is used for making soap in West Tropical Africa.
    • Plant is used with soap to removed stains out of clothing.
    • Leaves are considered insecticidal.
    • It is often used in tropical aquariums to provide cover for fry and small fish.
    • It has medicinal properties and can be used as fodder for cattle and pigs.
    • Pistia stratiotes acts as a vector for malaria and filariasis.
    • Due to high potash value it can be used as green manure for potash deficient soils.

    Precautions

    • All parts of the plant contain calcium oxalate crystals plus unknown toxins, Ingestion, in large quantities, can cause an intense burning and swelling of the lips, tongue, and throat; nausea and vomiting.
    • An overdose may cause acute diarrhea.

    References:

    https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=42542#null

    http://www.hear.org/pier/species/pistia_stratiotes.htm

    https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/41496

    http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=276427&isprofile=0&cv

    https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/PIIST

    http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-156674

    https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/pistia_stratiotes.htm

    https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/greatlakes/FactSheet.aspx?Species_ID=1099

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistia

    https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=PIST2

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    Water lettuce Scientific Classification

    Scientific Name: Pistia stratiotes

    Rank Scientific Name & (Common Name)
    Kingdom Plantae (Plants)
    Subkingdom Tracheobionta (Vascular plants)
    Infrakingdom Streptophyta  (land plants)
    Superdivision Spermatophyta (Seed plants)
    Division Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
    Sub Division Spermatophytina  (spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames)
    Class Liliopsida (Monocotyledons)
    Subclass Arecidae
    Super Order Lilianae  (monocots, monocotyledons, monocotyledons)
    Order Arales
    Family Araceae (Arum family)
    Genus Pistia L. (pistia)
    Species Pistia stratiotes L. (water lettuce)
    Synonyms
    • Apiospermum obcordatum (Schleid.) Klotzsch
    • Limnonesis commutata (Schleid.) Klotzsch
    • Limnonesis friedrichsthaliana Klotzsch
    • Pistia aegyptiaca Schleid.
    • Pistia aethiopica Fenzl
    • Pistia aethiopica Fenzl ex Klotzsch
    • Pistia africana C.Presl
    • Pistia amazonica C.Presl
    • Pistia brasiliensis Klotzsch
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