Pistia stratiotes

Taxonomy ID: 4477 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:4477)

current name

Pistia stratiotes  L., 1753

Genbank common name: water lettuce
NCBI BLAST name: monocots
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Other names:

common name(s)

shellflower

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; Liliopsida; Alismatales; Araceae; Aroideae; Pistieae; Pistia

Comments and References:

Tam S-M et al. 2004 Tam S-M, Boyce PC, Upson TM, Barabe D, Brunear A, Forest F, and Parker JS. 2004. Intergeneric and infrafamilial phylogeny of subfamily Monsteroideae (Araceae) revealed by chloroplast trnL-F sequences. American Journal of Botany 91(3): 490-498.

FNA - Araceae Thompson SA. 2000. Araceae Juss. In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Eds.) Flora of North America North of Mexico, Vol. 22: Magnoliophyta: Alismatidae Arecidae, Commelinidae (in Part), and Zingiberidae. New York and Oxford. On-line version.

Mayo SJ et al. 1997 Mayo SJ, Bogner J and Boyce PC. 1997. The Genera of Araceae. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.