Sagittaria lancifolia L. subsp. lancifolia
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Authority
Bogin, Clifford. 1955. Revision of the genus Sagittaria (Alismataceae). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 9 (2): 179-233.
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Family
Alismataceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Plant somewhat larger throughout. Leaves with linear to ovate blades. Bracts (0.6-)1-3.5 cm long, striate. Sepals striate or ribbed. Stamens with filaments 2-5 mm long, the anthers 1-2.7 mm long. (FIG. 15a-c.).
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Discussion
Sagittaria pugianiformis L. Pi. Surin. 15. 1775.
Sagittaria acutifolia L. f. Suppl. Sp. PI. 419. 1781.
Sagittaria ovata. Redoute, Liliaceae 7: 411. 1813.
Sagittaria angustifolia Lindl. Bot. Reg. 14: pi. 1141. 1828.
Sagittaria sellowiana Kunth, Enum. PI. 3: 159. 1841.
Sagittaria lancifolia var. angustifolia (Lindl.) Griseb. Git. Pi. Cuba 218, p.p. 1866.
Sagittaria lancifolia var. major Micheli in DC. Monogr. Phan. 3: 73. 1881.
Type collection: Linnaeus based his name on Plumier's and Browne's descriptions of West Indian plants. No type exists although several specimens annotated by Linnaeus are in the Linnaean herbarium.
Tropical and semi-tropical New World, from the estuary of the Amazon River northerly along the coast to Colombia, throughout the West Indies into peninsular Florida and the southern coastal islands of Georgia. The common Sagittaria of Florida and the West Indies, more or less sporadic in South America, in shallow waters of swamps and lakes mostly along the coast. Collections examined from Brazil, British Guiana, Colombia, and Dutch Guiana in South America; Bahama Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico in the West Indies; Florida and Georgia in the United States. (FIG. 15.)