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Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Araceae

SPECIES

Arisaema - [maps | photos]

  • Arisaema quinatum (Nutt.) Schott
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
    Common Name: Jack-in-the-pulpit
    Synonyms:
             • Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott ssp. quinatum (Buckl.) Huttleston
  • Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
    Common Name: Jack-in-the-pulpit

Landoltia - [maps | photos]

  • Landoltia punctata (G. Meyer) D.H. Les & D.J. Crawford
    NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
    Common Name: dotted duckmeat
    Synonyms:
             • Spirodela punctata (G. Meyer) C.H. Thompson
             • Spirodela oligorrhiza (Kurz) Hegelm.

Lemna - [maps | photos]

  • Lemna minor L.
    NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
    Common Name: common duckweed
  • Lemna obscura (Austin) Daubs
    NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
    Common Name: little duckweed
  • Lemna perpusilla Torr.
    NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
    Common Name: minute duckweed
  • Lemna trisulca L.
    NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
    Common Name: star duckweed
  • Lemna valdiviana Phil.
    NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
    Common Name: valdivia duckweed

Orontium - [maps | photos]

Peltandra - [maps | photos]

Spirodela - [maps | photos]

Symplocarpus - [maps | photos]

  • Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt. (TN Endangered)
    NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
    Common Name: skunk cabbage

Wolffia - [maps | photos]

             • Wolffia papulifera C.H. Thompson
  • Wolffia columbiana H. Karst.
    NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
    Common Name: Columbian watermeal

Wolffiella - [maps | photos]

  • Wolffiella gladiata (Hegelm.) Hegelm.
    NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
    Common Name: Florida mudmidget, bogmat
    Synonyms:
             • Wolffiella floridana (J.D. Sm.) C.H. Thompson

*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee
All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.

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