Biology:Peltandra

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Arrow arums
Peltandra virginica.jpg
Peltandra virginica
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Aroideae
Tribe: Peltandreae
Genus: Peltandra
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Peltandra distribution.svg
Range of the genus Peltandra.
Synonyms[1]
  • Lecontia W.Cooper ex Torr.
  • Rensselaeria L.C.Beck

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]

Species[1]
  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 (state) ; eastern US from Maine to Florida, west to Texas , Kansas , and Minnesota
  3. Peltandra primaevaEocene, Golden Valley Formation, North Dakota, USA[6]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q578875 entry