Taxon: Peltandra virginica (L.) Raf. ex Schott

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A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

PRª.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

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Common names:

• arrow arum   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• green arrow arum   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• poison arum   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• tuckahoe   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• peltandre   (Source: F NAmer ) – French
  
• grüner Pfeilaron   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario [s.], Quebec [s.w.]
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas [s.e.], Minnesota [n.e.], Missouri [s.e.], Oklahoma [s.e.], Wisconsin
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas

• also cultivated

References:

• Blackwell, W. H. 1972. The combination Peltandra virginica (L.) Schott et Endlicher. Rhodora 74:516–518. [lists as P. virginica (L.) Schott & Endl.].
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. [lists as P. virginica (L.) Kunth].
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. [lists as P. virginica (L.) Schott & Endl.].
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Fernald, M. L. 1950. Gray's manual of botany, ed. 8. [lists as P. virginica (L.) Schott & Endl.].
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. [lists as P. virginica (L.) Schott & Endl.].
• Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1979–1981. Aquatic and wetland plants of southeastern United States, 2 vol. [lists as P. virginica (L.) Schott & Endl.].
• Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2002. World checklist and bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae).
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. [lists as P. virginica (L.) Kunth].
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. [lists as P. virginica (L.) Schott].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. [lists as P. virginica (L.) Schott & Endl.].
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. [lists as P. virginica (L.) Schott & Endl.].
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri. [lists as P. virginica (L.) Schott & Endl.].
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Peltandra virginica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Peltandra virginica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Peltandra virginica.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Arum virginicum L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Peltandra virginica (L.) Raf. ex Schott:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Fruit and seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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