Sagittaria demersa
Chihuahuan arrowhead | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Alismataceae |
Genus: | Sagittaria |
Species: | S. demersa
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Binomial name | |
Sagittaria demersa | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Sagittaria triquetra Sessé & Moc. |
Sagittaria demersa, commonly called Chihuahuan arrowhead,[2] is an aquatic plant species native to north-central Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango. Hidalgo, Aguascalientes, Jalisco and Querétaro) and also from a few sites in the northern part of the US State of New Mexico (Mora and Colfax Counties).[3][4][5][6]
Sagittaria demersa is an annual herb up to 60 cm tall. Leaves are flat, very long and narrow, up to 55 cm long but rarely more than 7 mm across. The plant occurs mostly submerged in streams and lakes.[4][7][8]
References[]
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ "Sagittaria demersa". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ "Sagittaria demersa in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Biota of North American Program, Sagittaria demersa
- ^ Sessé y Lacasta, Martín & Mociño, José Mariano. 1894. Flora Mexicana, Edition 2, Sagittaria triquetra
- ^ Lot, Antonio; Ramos, Francisco; García, Pedro Ramírez (2002-01-01). "Sagittaria demersa (Alismataceae) en la Sierra Tarahumara, México". Anales del Instituto de Biología. Serie Botánica (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- ^ Smith, Jared Gage (1894). North American Species of Sagittaria and Lophotocarpus 32–33, pl. 15, f. 1–4, Sagittaria demersa
- ^ Haynes, R. R. & L.B. Holm-Nielsen. (1994). The Alismataceae. Flora Neotropica 64: 1–112.
Categories:
- Sagittaria
- Flora of Chihuahua (state)
- Flora of Durango
- Flora of Hidalgo (state)
- Flora of Mexico
- Flora of Aguascalientes
- Flora of Jalisco
- Flora of Querétaro
- Flora of New Mexico
- Freshwater plants
- Plants described in 1894