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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Pistia stratiotes L. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Apiospermum obcordatum Klotzsch, Apiospermum obcordatum (Schleid.) Klotzsch, Limnonesis commutata Klotzsch, Limnonesis commutata (Schleid.) Klotzsch, Limnonesis friedrichsthaliana Klotzsch, Pistia aegyptiaca Schleid., Pistia aethiopica Fenzl ex Klotzsch, Pistia africana C. Presl, Pistia amazonica C. Presl, Pistia brasiliensis Klotzsch, Pistia commutata Schleid., Pistia crispata Blume, Pistia cumingii Klotzsch, Pistia gardneri Klotzsch, Pistia horkeliana Miq., Pistia leprieuri Blume, Pistia linguaeformis Blume, Pistia linguiformis Blume, Pistia minor Blume, Pistia natalensis Klotzsch, Pistia obcordata Schleid., Pistia occidentalis Blume, Pistia schleideniana Klotzsch, Pistia spathulata Michx., Pistia stratiotes var. cuneata Engl., Pistia stratiotes var. linguiformis (Blume) Engl., Pistia stratiotes var. obcordata (Schleid.) Engl., Pistia stratiotes var. spathulata (Michx.) Engl., Pistia texensis Klotzsch, Pistia turpini Blume, Pistia turpini K. Koch, Pistia turpinii K. Koch, Pistia weigeltiana C. Presl, Zala asiatica Lour..

References regarding Pistia stratiotes L. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Gen. Pl. ed. 5 (1754)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Flora BorealiAmericana (1803)
· Rumphia (1836)
· Allgemeine Gartenzeitung (1838)
· Linnaea (1844)
· Abhandlungen der Königlichen Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (1851)
· Botanische Zeitung. Berlin (1852)
· Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin (1853)
· Flora Brasiliensis (1878)
· Darwiniana (1941)
· J. Asiat. Soc. (1966)
· Flora de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (1968)
· Revista del Museo de La Plata, Nueva Serie, Botanica (1971)
· Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (1975)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1978)
· Guide to the Poisonous and Irritant Plants of Florida. (1978)
· Cytologia (1978)
· Taxon (1983)
· Flora del Paraguay (1988)
· Cytologia (1988)
· Aquatics (1989)
· AAU Reports (1990)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1991)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1993)
· Blumea (1995)
· Rapid Biological Inventories (2000)
· Flora of Puná Island (2001)
· Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy (2001)
· Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden (2003)
· Biodiversidad del estado de Tabasco (2005)

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