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- Title
Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.) (Araceae) in China: distribution, introduction pathway, and impacts.
- Authors
Wen Xiong; Yun Zhang; Dong Xie; Jing Liu; Yue Liu; Yifan Yu; Yifan Huang; Sijia Liu; Hui Wang; Keyan Xiao; Bowler, Peter A.; Yuqing Feng
- Abstract
Non-native aquatic species have caused profound ecological and physical impacts in many waterbodies, and in China many non-native species are known for their ecological displacements and the changes they have induced in a diversity of wetland categories. Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes), a free-floating aquatic vascular plant native to South America, is a highly invasive species that has been introduced in Europe, North America, Africa, Asia, Central America and the Caribbean. This species was brought to China over 500 years ago, and it has become a widespread and aggressively invasive species. A lack of biological and ecological information has limited the effective management and control of this invasive species in China. Through field investigations and a literature review we present water lettuce's pathway of introduction (as a medicinal herb and its use in artificial wetlands), its capability to colonize and establish feral populations, its distribution in China (Eastern and Southwest of China), and its ecological and societal impacts. We hope that this study can provide useful information for the management of this species and other non-native aquatic plants in China.
- Subjects
CHINA; INTRODUCED aquatic species; CONSTRUCTED wetlands; LETTUCE; INTRODUCED species; LITERATURE reviews; PHRAGMITES
- Publication
BioInvasions Record, 2023, Vol 12, Issue 4, p1089
- ISSN
2242-1300
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3391/bir.2023.12.4.21