Peltandra
- This is about the plant in the family Araceae. The homonym Peltranda Wight is a synonym of the genus Meineckia in the Phyllanthaceae
| Arrow arum | |
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| Peltandra virginica | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | 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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Peltandra is a genus of plants in the Araceae family. It is native to the eastern United States, eastern Canada, and Cuba.[1][2][3][4]
- 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[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ 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.