Pistia stratiotes L.
(Water Lettuce, Water-lettuce)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Pistia stratiotes (Water Lettuce, Water-lettuce)
Family	ARACEAE (lords-and-ladies)
Order	ALISMATALES (pond plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Pistia stratiotes is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Alismatales)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Juke, A., Wade, M., Ames, V. & McKee, K.		Water Lettuce

Pistia stratiotes (Water Lettuce, Water-lettuce) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pistia stratiotes (Water Lettuce, Water-lettuce)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pistia stratiotes (Water Lettuce, Water-lettuce)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Pistia stratiotes is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)