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Pistia Linn., Sp. Pl. 963. 1753. Gen. Pl. ed. 5:411. 1754; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6:496. 1893; Mitra, Flow. Pl. E. India, 1:85. 1958; Willis, Dict. Flow. Pl. & Ferns, ed. 7. 884. 1966; Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bomb. ed. 2, 3:328. 1967; Nicolson in Saldhana & Nicolson, Fl. Hassan Dist. 788. 1976.

Floating, gregarious, monoecious herbs. Leaves in rosettes. Male flowers in whorls, naked, represented by closely adhering stamens. Female flowers naked, solitary, represented by a unilocular ovary. Fruit with a few seeds.

Only 1 species; tropical and subtropical.

Lower Taxon


 

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