Peltandra, the arrow arums,[2] is a genus of plants in the family Araceae. It is native to the eastern United States, eastern Canada, and Cuba.[1][3][4][5]
| Arrow arums | |
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| Peltandra virginica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Subfamily: | Aroideae |
| Tribe: | Peltandreae |
| Genus: | Peltandra Raf. |
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| Range of the genus Peltandra. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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- Species[1]
- Peltandra sagittifolia - (Michx.) Morong - Spoon flower or the white arrow arum - southeastern US from eastern Louisiana to Virginia
- Peltandra virginica (L.) Schott - Arum arrow - Cuba, Quebec, Ontario, Oregon, California, Washington; eastern US from Maine to Florida, west to Texas, Kansas, and Minnesota
- †Peltandra primaeva – Eocene, Golden Valley Formation, North Dakota, USA[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ NRCS. "Peltandra". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps
- ^ 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.
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