Peltandra

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
	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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Kew 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.

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[wcsp-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Peltandra". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 21 September 2015.

[3] 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.

[4] 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.

[5] Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps

[Hickey1977-6] 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.

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