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PlantKingdom.com
Clickable Taxonomic Tree of the Plant Kingdom
Genus = Sagittaria (The Arrowheads)
Kingdom = Plantae
Subkingdom = Tracheobionta
SuperDivision = Spermatophyta
Division = Magnoliophyta
Class = Liliopsida
Subclass = Alismatidea
Order = Alismatales
Family = Alismataceae
Genus = Sagittaria
Included Species =
Sagittaria aginashi
Sagittaria cuneata (Wapato, Arrowhead, Swamp Potato)
Sagittaria fasciculata (Bunched Arrowhead)
Sagittaria graminea (Grassy Arrowhead)
Sagittaria lancifolia (Bulltongue Arrowhead)
Sagittaria latifolia (Duck-potato, Broad Leaf Arrowhead, Wapato)
Sagittaria montevidensis (California Arrowhead, Giant Arrowhead, Ruby-Eyed Arrowhead)
Sagittaria platyphylla (Delta Arrowhead, Delta Duck-potato)
Sagittaria rigida (Canadian Arrowhead)
Sagittaria sagittifolia (Arrowhead, Old World Arrowhead, Japanese Arrowhead)
Sagittaria subulata (Narrow-leaved Arrowhead)
Sagittaria trifolia
Cross referenced against the National Center for Biotechnology Information's Taxonomy Browser, and the WikiSpecies website.
Pronunciations and derivations taken from "Dictionary of Plant Names"
Sagittaria - sa-gi-tah-ree-a. From Latin sagitta (an arrow)
referring to the shape of the leaves.
latifolia - lah-tee-fo-lee-a. Broad-leaved. N. America.
sagittifolia - sa-gi-ti-fo-lee-a. With arrow shaped
leaves. Europe, Asia.
'Flore Pleno' - flo-ree-play-no. (= S. japonica 'Flore Pleno').
With double flowers.
trifolia - tri-fo-lee-a. Three-leaved, the leaves are
three-lobed. N. hemisphere.
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