Pistia stratoites vs pistia

Pistia stratoites and pistia both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Pistia stratoites	Yes	No	No	No
pistia	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Pistia stratoites and pistia are synonyms defined as:

Pistia stratoites and pistia: pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes

Other synonyms of Pistia stratoites include Pistia stratiotes, water cabbage, water lettuce.

Pistia stratoites (noun)	pistia (noun)
pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes	pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes