Peltandra virginica

Peltandra virginica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Peltandra
Species:
P. virginica
Binomial name
Peltandra virginica
Distribution of Peltandra virginica
Synonyms[2]
  • Arum virginicum L.
  • Calla virginica (L.) Michx.
  • Caladium virginicum (L.) Hook.
  • Lecontia virginica (L.) Torr.
  • Rensselaeria virginica (L.) L.C.Beck
  • Alocasia virginica (L.) Raf.
  • Peltandra undulata Raf.
  • Arum walteri Elliott
  • Peltandra undulata Schott
  • Peltandra angustifolia Raf.
  • Peltandra canadensis Raf.
  • Peltandra hastata Raf.
  • Peltandra walteri (Elliott) Raf.
  • Caladium undulatum Steud.
  • Peltandra tharpii F.A.Barkley
  • Peltandra luteospadix Fernald
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peltandra virginica.

Peltandra virginica is a plant of the arum family known as green arrow arum[3] and tuckahoe.[4] It is widely distributed in wetlands in the eastern United States, as well as in Quebec, Ontario, and Cuba.[2][5][6] It is common in central Florida including the Everglades[7] and along the Gulf Coast.[8] Its rhizomes are tolerant to low oxygen levels found in wetland soils.[9] It can be found elsewhere in North America as an introduced species and often an invasive plant.[citation needed]

P. virginica is a hydrophytic marshland aquatic plant pollinated by a chloropid fly through providing a brood site and releasing the pollen onto them. The primary dispersal mechanisms are via water and animals.[4][10]

  1. ^ Smith, K. (2016). "Peltandra virginica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T64319363A67730317. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T64319363A67730317.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference usda was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference fna was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Whigham, Dennis F., Robert L. Simpson and Mary A. Leck. 1979. The Distribution of Seeds, Seedlings, and Established Plants of Arrow Arum (Peltandra virginica (L.) Kunth) in a Freshwater Tidal Wetland Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 106: 193-199
  6. ^ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  7. ^ Loveless, C. M. 1959. A study of the vegetation in the Florida everglades. Ecology 40: 1–9.
  8. ^ Keddy, P. A., Campbell, D., McFalls T., Shaffer, G., Moreau, R., Dranguet, C., and Heleniak, R. (2007). The wetlands of lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas: past, present and future. Environmental Reviews 15: 1–35.
  9. ^ Laing, H. E. (1940). Respiration of the rhizomes of Nuphar advenum and other water plants. American Journal of Botany 27: 574–81.
  10. ^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2018-11-28.