Pistia stratiotes L.

  • Filed As

    Araceae
    Pistia stratiotes L.

  • Collector(s)

    E. D. Merrill 94, May 1914

  • Location

    Philippines. Pangasinan. Umingan.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3802180

    Occurrence ID: f83705ac-9fa0-42f0-9b53-0cec4bc60415

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Alismatales

  • Family

    Araceae

  • All Determinations

    Pistia stratiotes L.

PI ST IA Linnaeus
PISTIA STRATIOTES Linn.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 651; ed. 2 (1845)
; 454; ed. 3, 3 (1879) 55, t. i68.
The Lirinean species was correctly interpretecNby Blanco. » It
is common and widely distributed in the Philippines in stagnant
pools, slow streams, etc., at low altitudes, its common Tagalog
name being quiapo, its Ilocano name loloan. It is exceedingly
variable in size, the rosettes in luxuriant specimens up to 20 cm
in diameter. ...	___________ ____ _________________
Illustrative spécimen from Umingan, Pangasinan Province
Luzon, May, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 94).
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94* Plstia stratiotes Linn.;
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