Peltandra Explained

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.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

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; eastern US from Maine to Florida, west to Texas, Kansas, and Minnesota
3. †Peltandra primaeva  - Eocene, Golden Valley Formation, North Dakota, USA^[5]

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=149710 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. 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.
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=124302 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.
4. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Peltandra Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps
5. Book: Hickey, Leo . Stratigraphy and Paleobotany of the Golden Valley Formation (Paleogene) of Western North Dakota . 1977 . Geological Society of America . Boulder, Colorado . 0-8137-1150-9 . 110 & Plate 5 .