Biology:Sagittaria pygmaea

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Short description: Species of aquatic plant

Sagittaria pygmaea
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Sagittaria
Species:
S. pygmaea
Binomial name
Sagittaria pygmaea
Miq.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Blyxa coreana (H.Lév.) Nakai
  • Hydrolirion coreanum H.Lév.
  • Sagittaria altigena Hand.-Mazz.
  • Sagittaria sagittifolia var. oligocarpa Micheli
  • Sagittaria sagittifolia var. pygmaea (Miq.) Makino

Sagittaria pygmaea, commonly known as the dwarf arrowhead or pygmy arrowhead,[2] is an aquatic plant species. It is a perennial herb producing by means of stolons. Leaves are linear to slightly spatula-shaped, not lobed, up to 30 centimetres (12 inches) long.[3][4][5]

It is native to Japan (including the Ryukyu Islands), Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Bhutan and China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang).[1][3] It grows in shallow water in marshes, channels and rice paddies.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Sagittaria pygmaea". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=287429. 
  2. {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Sagittaria pygmaea | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 2017-02-09 }}
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Sagittaria pygmaea in Flora of China @ efloras.org". http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200024715. 
  4. Gakkai, Nihon Shokubutsu; Gakkai, Tåokyåo Shokubutsu; Gakkai, Tokyo Shokubutsu (1902-01-01). "The Botanical Magazine" (in en). Botanical Magazine Tokyo v.16 (1902). ISSN 0006-808X. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5432928#page/116/mode/1up. 
  5. Nakai, Takenoshin (1943). Journal of Japanese Botany. [Shokubutsu Kenkyu Zasshi]. Tokyo 19:247. "Blyxa coreana".

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