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Sagittaria
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Sagittaria is a genus of about 30 species of aquatic plants whose members are referred to by the Native American word wapato () and a variety of other common names, including arrowhead, duck potato, swamp potato, tule potato, and katniss. Most are native to South, Central, and North America, but there are also some from Europe, Africa, and Asia.
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Sagittaria is a genus of plants within the family Alismataceae. It belongs to the order Alismatales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The taxon is classified as a freshwater organism and holds an accepted status. The genus name is attributed to the authority L.
Specimens of this genus have been recorded in the United States, Peru, Brazil, and Mexico. These records are held by institutions including MSC, US, USF, IBUNAM, and ECOSUR. The subject is referenced by 157 other encyclopedia articles.
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Species
Genus
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAlismatales
- FamilyAlismataceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,765
- With media
- 1,203
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Collections
- MSC, US, USF, IBUNAM, ECOSUR, WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY
- Recorded in
- United States, Peru, Brazil, Mexico
Research
206 papers- Sagittaria trifolia tuber: bioconstituents, processing, products, and health benefits.Journal of the science of food and agriculture · 2021
- Sagittaria Sagittifolia Polysaccharide Ameliorates Diabetic Retinopathy in Mice via Inhibiting TLR4-Mediated Microglial Activation.Molecular neurobiology · 2025
- Sagittaria sagittifolia polysaccharide extract regulates Nrf2 to improve endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated apoptosis in rat cataracts and HLEB3 cells.International journal of biological macromolecules · 2025
- Transcriptome analysis of starch and sucrose metabolism across bulb development in Sagittaria sagittifolia.Gene · 2018
- Sagittaria sagittifolia polysaccharide protects against six-heavy-metal-induced hepatic injury associated with the activation of Nrf2 pathway to regulate oxidative stress and apoptosis.Journal of inorganic biochemistry · 2022
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Deprecated
- Etymology
- Uses
- In culture
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Sagittaria is a genus of about 30 species of aquatic plants whose members are referred to by the Native American word wapato () and a variety of other common names, including arrowhead, duck potato, swamp potato, tule potato, and katniss. Most are native to South, Central, and North America, but there are also some from Europe, Africa, and Asia.
== Description == Sagittaria plant stock (the perennial rhizome) is a horizontal creeper (stoloniferous). The leaf grows up to tall, with a shape resembling an arrowhead. Between July and September, a single stalk bears groups of three white flowers with three petals each. It is obliquely obovate, the margins winged, with an apical or ventral beak; in other words, they are a small, dry, one-seeded fruit that do not open to release the seed, set on a slant, narrower at the base, with winged edges, and having a "beaked" aperture (one side longer than the other) for sprouting, set above or below the fruit body.
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