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Identification
Pistia stratiotes L. [family ARACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for PISTIA Stratiotes Linn. [family ARACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 7, page 32, (1900) Author: (By N. E. BROWN.)
Names
PISTIA Stratiotes Linn. [family ARACEAE], Sp. Pl. 963;—Bot. Mag. t. 4564; Flore des Serres, vi. 289, t. 625; Engl. in DC. Monog. Phan. ii. 634.
PISTIA africana Presl [family ARACEAE], Epimel. Bot. 240; Klotzsch in Abhandl. Akad. Wissenschaft. Berlin, 1853, 355, reprint 27.
PISTIA natalensis Klotzsch [family ARACEAE], in Abhandl. Akad. Wissenschaft. Berlin, 1853, 354, reprint 26.
Information
leaves sessile in a rosette, 1–3 in. long, 1–2 in. broad, cuneate-obovate, notched or entire at the broadly rounded or subtruncate apex, more or less pubescent on both surfaces, tomentose with long matted hairs at the base; spathe 3 1/2–5 lin. long, more or less hairy or villose outside, glabrous within, pale green; limb ovate, subobtuse, with a broad, white, ciliolate margin; ovary pale green, pubescent; neuter organs frill-like, pale green; anthers dirty-white. null
Range
Widely distributed in all the warm regions of the earth.
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal; Umgeni River, Drège! Umlaas River, Krauss!

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