This article is about the Araceae genus. For Peltranda (Wight), see Meineckia.
Arrow arums
Peltandra virginica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Monocots
Order:
Alismatales
Family:
Araceae
Subfamily:
Aroideae
Tribe:
Peltandreae
Genus:
Peltandra Raf.
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]
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]
^ abcKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Peltandra". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. 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.
Peltandra virginica is a plant of the arum family known as green arrow arum and tuckahoe. It is widely distributed in wetlands in the eastern United States...
Peltandra, the arrow arums, is a genus of plants in the family Araceae. It is native to the eastern United States, eastern Canada, and Cuba. Species Peltandra...
Peltandra sagittifolia is a species of plant in the genus Peltandra. It is commonly known as the spoonflower or the white arrow arum, native to the southeastern...
Peltandra primaeva is an extinct species of monocot in the family Araceae known from a Ypresian age Eocene fossil found in western North Dakota, USA....
tuckahoe used as Indian bread by Native Americans, which is the arrow arum, Peltandra virginica, a flowering tuberous plant in the arum family. W. extensa is...
Mauritius. This genus is believed to be closely related to Peltandra even though Peltandra is only found in North America and there don't appear to exist...
vegetation like the cattails (Typha spp.), sedges (Carex spp.) and arrow arum (Peltandra virginica) rise above the surface of the water. When trees and shrubs...
is a tribe of plants in the arum family. The distribution is disjunct. Peltandra is native to Eastern North America and the Caribbean (Canada, USA, Cuba)...
Tuckahoe is a Native American[clarification needed] word that may refer to: Peltandra virginica, also called tuckahoe; the rhizome was cooked and used as food...
in natural populations. It is closely related to the genera Arisarum, Peltandra, and Typhonodorum. Ambrosina is the sister group to Arisarum, from which...
drpaulkeddy.com. Toner, M.; Stow, N. & Keddy, C.J. (1995), "Arrow Arum, Peltandra virginica: a nationally rare plant in the Ottawa Valley Region of Ontario"...
been so happy since the day I was born." –––––––––––––––––––– Tuckahoe (Peltandra virginica, also called green arrow arum) = an edible wetland plant with...
simorrhinum × A. vulgare) It is closely related to the genera Ambrosina, Peltandra, and Typhonodorum. Ambrosina is the sister group to Arisarum, from which...
of rare such as white wickey (Kalmia cuneata), arrowleaf shieldwort (Peltandra sagittaefolia), spring-flowering goldenrod (Solidago verna), and rough-leaf...
merged with it. The name Peltandra had been used for some species in Meineckia, but this is now a nomen rejectum. The name Peltandra is now conserved as the...
Toner, Maureen, Nicholas Stow and Cathy J. Keddy. 1995. Arrow arum, Peltandra virginica: a nationally rare plant in the Ottawa Valley region of Ontario...
the similarity of the leaf venation to that of the American aroid genus Peltandra. The species is a deciduous geophytic, perennial herb, which resprouts...
q=tockowhough&view=theater "Peltandra virginica in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2018-11-28. "!Peltandra virginica (L.) Raf...
are in fact high in plant productivity. Examples include, arrow arum (Peltandra virginica), soft rush (Juncus effusus), cattail (Typha), and sawgrass...
A moon seed relative. The type species is Hampea conditionalis (1936) Peltandra primaeva Sp nov Valid Hickey Ypresian Golden Valley Formation Camels Butte...
(Nuphar advena) in the middle and the arrow-shaped leaves of Arrow Arum (Peltandra virginica) around the edges. When the Arrow Arum flower has gone to seed...
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