Peltandra
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- Peltranda is also a synonym of the genus MeineckiaMeineckiaMeineckia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is one of eight genera in the tribe Poranthereae. It comprises about 30 species. They are native to the Americas, South Asia, Africa, and Madagascar. The genus is particularly well represented in Madagascar. Species of...
Peltandra is a genus of plants in the Araceae
Araceae
Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe or leaf-like bract. Also known as the Arum family, members are often colloquially...
family.
Selected species
- Peltandra sagittifoliaPeltandra sagittifoliaPeltandra sagittifolia is a species of plant in the genus Peltandra. It is commonly known as the Spoon flower or the White arrow arum, and is the least common Araceae plant in North America....
– Spoon flower - Peltandra virginicaPeltandra virginicaPeltandra virginica is a plant of the Araceae family known by the common names green arrow arum and tuckahoe. It is native to parts of eastern North America, where it is common in wet areas...
– Arum arrow - †Peltandra primaevaPeltandra primaevaPeltandra primaeva is an extinct species of monocot in the Araceae family known from a Ypresian age Eocene fossil found in western North Dakota, USA....
– EoceneYpresianIn the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age or lowest stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between and , is preceded by the Thanetian age and is followed by the Eocene Lutetian age....
, Golden Valley Formation, North Dakota, USA