Sagittaria guayanensis

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Sagittaria guayanensis
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Sagittaria guayanensis in Bangladesh
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Sagittaria
Species:
S. guayanensis
Binomial name
Sagittaria guayanensis
Synonyms [1]
  • Alisma ancileMantell ex Steud.
  • Alisma echinocarpum(Mart.) Seub.
  • Alisma pubescensBuch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Alisma stellatumBuch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Echinodorus guayanensis(Kunth) Griseb.
  • Echinodorus guianensis(Kunth) Griseb.
  • Lophiocarpus guayanensis(Kunth) Micheli
  • Lophiocarpus seubertianus(Mart. ex Seub.) Micheli
  • Lophotocarpus guayanensis(Kunth) J.G.Sm.
  • Lophotocarpus guayanensis(Kunth) T.Durand & Schinz
  • Lophotocarpus guayanensis(Kunth) Griseb.
  • Lophotocarpus guayanensis var. echinocarpus(Mart.) Buchenau
  • Lophotocarpus seubertianus(Mart. ex Seub.) Buchenau
  • Lophotocarpus sagittarifolius(B.L.Davis & A.A.Kingston) T.Oschw.
  • Sagittaria bracteataWilld. ex Seub.
  • Sagittaria echinocarpaMart.
  • Sagittaria parvifloraWall. ex Micheli
  • Sagittaria seubertianaMart. ex Seub.

Sagittaria guayanensis, the Guyanese arrowhead, [2] is a perennial aquatic plant species native to both the Old and New World. It has broadly hastate (arrow-shaped) leaves with ovate lobes. [3]

The epithet has incorrectly been spelled "guyanensis" by some authors. The type locale is not Guyana but rather in the Guayana region in what is now eastern Venezuela, regarded as part of Colombia when the specimen was collected. [3]

It is predominantly tropical, native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and much of South America, as well as West Africa (from Senegal to Cameroon), south and southeast Asia (from Afghanistan to Taiwan to Indonesia), plus Sudan and Madagascar. [4] It was unknown in the United States until a few populations were reported from Louisiana in 1969. [5]

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References

  1. The Plant List, Sagittaria guayanensis
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sagittaria guayanensis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Sagittaria guayanensis in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  4. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  5. Thieret, J. W. 1969. Sagittaria guayanensis (Alismaceae) in Louisiana: New to the United States. Sida 3: 445.