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Pistia stratiotes L.
Water lettuce
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Liliopsida | Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family |
| Subclass | Alismatidae | Aquatic and marshy plants |
| Order | Alismatales | Herbaceous flowering plants found in marshy habitats |
| Family | Araceae | Arum family, with plants whose flower is enclosed in a spathe |
| Genus | Pistia | From the Greek pistos, “water,” alluding to the floating or aquatic habitat of this genus, whose common name is water-lettuce |
| Species | stratiotes | From the Greek for “soldier,” applied to this aquatic herb because of its sword-shaped leaves |
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Pistia stratiotes description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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4/6/2011 · Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens, Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, Maryland
≈ 21 × 14" (52 × 34 cm) 
7/2/2007 · Memphis, Tennessee · By Tim Chandler
5/21/2009 · Memphis, Tennessee · By Tim Chandler
4/6/2011 · Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens, Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, Maryland
≈ 24 × 16" (62 × 41 cm)
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