Peltandra

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{About|the Araceae genus|Peltranda (Wight)|Meineckia}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Arrow arums

| image = Peltandra virginica.jpg

| image_caption = Peltandra virginica

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = Peltandra

| authority = Raf.

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms =

• Lecontia W.Cooper ex Torr.
• Rensselaeria L.C.Beck

| range_map = Peltandra distribution.svg

| range_map_caption = Range of the genus Peltandra.

}}

Peltandra, the arrow arums,{{PLANTS|id=PELTA|taxon=Peltandra|accessdate=21 September 2015}} is a genus of plants in the family Araceae. It is native to the eastern United States, eastern Canada, and Cuba.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=149710 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=124302 Flora of North America Vol. 22 Page 135, Arrow arum, Peltandra Rafinesque, Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts. 89:103. 1819. ][http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Peltandra Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps]

;Species

1. Peltandra sagittifolia - (Michx.) Morong - Spoon flower or the white arrow arum - southeastern US from eastern Louisiana to Virginia
2. Peltandra virginica (L.) Schott - Arum arrow - Cuba, Quebec, Ontario, Oregon, California, Washington; eastern US from Maine to Florida, west to Texas, Kansas, and Minnesota
3. †Peltandra primaeva – Eocene, Golden Valley Formation, North Dakota, USA{{cite book |title=Stratigraphy and Paleobotany of the Golden Valley Formation (Paleogene) of Western North Dakota |last=Hickey |first=Leo |year=1977 |publisher=Geological Society of America |location=Boulder, Colorado |isbn=0-8137-1150-9 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/stratigraphypale0000hick/page/110 110 & Plate 5] |url=https://archive.org/details/stratigraphypale0000hick/page/110 }}