Pistia
Pistia (family Araceae) A monotypic genus, P. stratiotes (water lettuce), a floating water plant which has a sympodial series of leaf rosettes. The inflorescences are tiny. It is a noxious weed which occurs throughout the tropics and subtropics.
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