Pistia stratiotes L.

Monteiro, Francisca, Costa, Esperança Da, Kissanga, Raquel, Costa, José Carlos & Catarino, Luís, 2022, An annotated checklist of the vascular flora of Quiçama National Park, Angola, Phytotaxa 557 (1), pp. 1-67 : 53-54

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.557.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6994162
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C087B3-F66F-9775-D1C2-F854B498FF46
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scientific name	Pistia stratiotes L.
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Perennial herb, invasive in river and lake beds.

C.N.: mbuangungu (kb); alface-de-água (pt).

Probably introduced and naturalized species, native to tropical Africa.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Liliopsida
Order	Alismatales
Family	Araceae
Genus	Pistia

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