Sagittaria demersa
| Chihuahuan arrowhead | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Alismataceae |
| Genus: | Sagittaria |
| Species: | S. demersa |
| Binomial name | |
| Sagittaria demersa J.G.Sm. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Sagittaria triquetra Sessé & Moc. | |
Sagittaria demersa, commonly called Chihuahuan arrowhead,[2] is an aquatic plant species native to north-central Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango. Hidalgo, Aguascalientes, Jalisco and Querétaro) and also from a few sites in the northern part of the US State of New Mexico (Mora and Colfax Counties).[3][4][5][6]
Sagittaria demersa is an annual herb up to 60 cm tall. Leaves are flat, very long and narrow, up to 55 cm long but rarely more than 7 mm across. The plant occurs mostly submerged in streams and lakes.[4][7][8]
References
- ↑ The Plant List
- ↑ "Sagittaria demersa". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ↑ Flora of North America v 22, Sagittaria demersa
- 1 2 Biota of North American Program, Sagittaria demersa
- ↑ Sessé y Lacasta, Martín & Mociño, José Mariano. 1894. Flora Mexicana, Edition 2, Sagittaria triquetra
- ↑ Lot, Antonio, Francisco Ramos, & Pedro Ramírez-García. (2002). Sagittaria demersa (Alismataceae) en la Sierra Tarahumara, México. Anales del Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, serie botánica, 73 (1): 95-97.
- ↑ Smith, Jared Gage (1894). North American Species of Sagittaria and Lophotocarpus 32–33, pl. 15, f. 1–4, Sagittaria demersa
- ↑ Haynes, R. R. & L.B. Holm-Nielsen. (1994). The Alismataceae. Flora Neotropica 64: 1–112.
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