*Sagittaria guayanensis Kunth ssp. guayanensis. clade: Rhombifolia Group. Common name: Guayana Arrowhead. Habitat: Disturbed wetlands, rice fields. Distribution: Native of Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies.
Origin/Endemic status: South America
Taxonomy Comments: The other subspecies, sometimes and perhaps with reason treated at specific rank, is ssp. lappula (D. Don) Bogin, of the Old World tropics.
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA22, Keener (2005); = Sagittaria guyanensis Kunth ssp. guyanensis — Meso6, NS, orthographic variant; < Sagittaria guayanensis Kunth — K4. Basionym: Sagittaria guayanensis Kunth 1815 [1816]
Links to other floras: = Sagittaria guayanensis ssp. guayanensis - FNA22
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (name change)
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