Plant Details

Accepted name:: Peltandra virginica (L.) Schott [Araceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
green arrow arum	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 27 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Alocasia virginica (L.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 64 (1837).
Arum virginicum L. Sp. Pl.: 966 (1753).
Arum walteri Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 631 (1824).
Caladium undulatum Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 219 (1841).
Caladium virginicum (L.) Hook. Exot. Fl. 3: t. 182 (1825).
Calla virginica (L.) Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 187 (1803).
Lecontia virginica (L.) Torr. Comp. Fl. N. Middle Stat.: 358 bis (1826).
Peltandra angustifolia Raf. New Fl. 1: 89 (1836).
Peltandra canadensis Raf. New Fl. 1: 87 (1836).
Peltandra hastata Raf. New Fl. 1: 88 (1836).
Peltandra heterophylla Raf. New Fl. 1: 88 (1836).
Peltandra latifolia Raf. New Fl. 1: 87 (1836).
Peltandra luteospadix Fernald Rhodora 50: 58 (1948).
Peltandra tharpii F.A.Barkley Madroño 7: 131 (1944).
Peltandra undulata Raf. J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Élément 89: 102 (1819).
Peltandra undulata Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 19 (1832).
Peltandra virginica f. angustifolia (Raf.) S.F.Blake Rhodora 14: 106 (1912).
Peltandra virginica var. angustifolia (Raf.) Tidestr. Rhodora 12: 50 (1910).
Peltandra virginica f. brachyota S.F.Blake Rhodora 14: 105 (1912).
Peltandra virginica f. hastifolia S.F.Blake Rhodora 14: 105 (1912).
Peltandra virginica f. heterophylla (Raf.) S.F.Blake Rhodora 14: 106 (1912).
Peltandra virginica var. heterophylla (Raf.) Tidestr. Rhodora 12: 49 (1910).
Peltandra virginica f. latifolia (Raf.) S.F.Blake Rhodora 14: 104 (1912).
Peltandra virginica subsp. luteospadix (Fernald) W.H.Blackw. & K.P.Blackw. J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 90: 139 (1974 publ. 1975).
Peltandra virginica f. rotundata S.F.Blake Rhodora 14: 104 (1912).
Peltandra walteri (Elliott) Raf. New Fl. 1: 88 (1836).
Rensselaeria virginica (L.) L.C.Beck Bot. North. Middle States: 382 (1833).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Peltandra virginica (L.) Schott	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Peltandra virginica (Linnaeus) Schott	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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