Place of Publication
Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 9(2): 196 (1955)
Type citation
Based on S. chilensis. CHILE. Coronel: 1864, Ochsensius s.n. (neotype: GOET!; isoneotype:W) neotypification fide Rataj (1972).
Synonyms
- Sagittaria alismaefolia Phil. ex Micheli
- Sagittaria andina Phil. 44Sagittaria andina Philippi, Linnaea 29: 45. 1857.
- Sagittaria chilensis Cham. & Schltdl.
- Sagittaria heterophylla Bert. ex Steud. Sagittaria heterophylla Bert. ex Steudel, Nom. ed. 2. 2: 491. 1840.
- Sagittaria incrassata Steud. Sagittaria incrassata Steudel, Nom. ed. 2. 2: 491. 1840.
- Sagittaria montevidensis var. scabra
- Sagittaria pugioniformis var. acutifolia
- Sagittaria pugioniformis Sagittaria pugioniformis var. andina (Philippi) Kuntze var. andina
- Sagittaria pugioniformis var. chilensis
- Sagittaria taeniaefolia in DeCandolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 76. 1881 Phil. ex Micheli
Common names
- lengua de vaca
References
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Bogin (1955)
Bogin, A. L. 1955. Revision of the genus Sagittaria (Alismataceae). Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 9(2): 179-233
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Rataj (1972)
Raaj, K 1972. Revision of the genus Sagittaria (2). The species of West Indies, Central and South America. Annotationes Zoologicae et Botanicae. 78: 1-61
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Keener (2005)
B, R 2005. Molecular systematics and revision of the aquatic monocot genus Sagittaria (Alismataceae). Ph.D. dissertation, University of Alabama.
Regions
Valparaíso, Maule, Biobío, Araucanía, Los Ríos, Los Lagos and Ñuble
Habitat
Distribution and habitat
Central and southern Chile. Margins of lakes, ponds and streams, wet ditches, and wetlands (Keener, 2005)
Key characteristics
Differs from ssp. montevidensis by having emergent leaves with basal lobes absent or shorter than to or equal to the remainder of leaf blade (vs. longer or equal); flower stalks of female flowers inflated at base (vs. thickened); filaments hairy (vs. hairless) (Keener, 2005).