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(Redirected from Arrow arum) Genus of flowering plants This article is about the Araceae genus. For Peltranda (Wight), see Meineckia.

Arrow arums
Peltandra virginica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Aroideae
Tribe: Peltandreae
Genus: Peltandra
Raf.
Range of the genus Peltandra.
Synonyms
  • Lecontia W.Cooper ex Torr.
  • Rensselaeria L.C.Beck

Peltandra, the arrow arums, is a genus of plants in the family Araceae. It is native to the eastern United States, eastern Canada, and Cuba.

Species
  1. Peltandra sagittifolia - (Michx.) Morong - Spoon flower or the white arrow arum - southeastern US from eastern Louisiana to Virginia
  2. Peltandra virginica (L.) Schott - Arum arrow - Cuba, Quebec, Ontario, Oregon, California, Washington; eastern US from Maine to Florida, west to Texas, Kansas, and Minnesota
  3. †Peltandra primaeva – Eocene, Golden Valley Formation, North Dakota, USA

References

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. NRCS. "Peltandra". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  3. Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  4. Flora of North America Vol. 22 Page 135, Arrow arum, Peltandra Rafinesque, Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts. 89:103. 1819.
  5. Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps
  6. Hickey, Leo (1977). Stratigraphy and Paleobotany of the Golden Valley Formation (Paleogene) of Western North Dakota. Boulder, Colorado: Geological Society of America. pp. 110 & Plate 5. ISBN 0-8137-1150-9.
Taxon identifiers
Peltandra


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