Sagittaria pygmaea
| pygmy arrowhead 矮慈姑 ai ci gu | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Alismataceae |
| Genus: | Sagittaria |
| Species: | S. pygmaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Sagittaria pygmaea Miq. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Sagittaria pygmaea, the pygmy arrowhead, is an aquatic plant species native to eastern Asia. It is reported from Japan (including the Ryukyu Islands), Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Bhutan and China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang).[2][3]
Sagittaria pygmaea grows in shallow water in marshes, channels and rice paddies. It is a perennial herb producing by means of stolons. Leaves are linear to slightly spatula-shaped, not lobed, up to 30 cm long.[2][4][5][6]
References
- ↑ The Plant List Sagittaria pygmaea
- 1 2 Flora of China v 23 p 86, Sagittaria pygmaea
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Sagittaria pygmaea
- ↑ Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm. 1865. Annales Musei Botanici Lugduno-Batavi 2: 138, Sagittaria pygmaea
- ↑ Makino, Tomitarô. 1902. Botanical Magazine Tokyo 16: 106, Sagittaria sagittifolia var. pygmaea
- ↑ Nakai, Takenoshin. 1943. Journal of Japanese Botany. [Shokubutsu Kenkyu Zasshi]. Tokyo 19:247, Blyxa coreana
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