Flora of North America species comparison

present.

present.

terete, often rusty spotted, 6–110 cm;

nodal glands absent.

terete, conspicuously spotted, 8–95 cm;

nodal glands absent.

absent.

absent.

both submersed and floating or floating absent, ± spirally arranged.

both submersed and floating, ± spirally arranged.

petioles continuous in color to apex, 2.3–22.6 cm;

blade adaxially light green, lanceolate to round elliptic, 4.3–9.2 cm × 25–38 mcm, base rounded to cordate, apex acute to rounded;

veins 27–49.

petioles continuous in color to apex, 1–16.5 cm;

blade adaxially light to dark green, lanceolate to round-ovate, 2.5–8.5 cm × 11–44 mm, base rounded to cordate, apex acute to rounded;

veins 15–21.

petiolate, lax;

stipules persistent, conspicuous, convolute, free from blade, light brown, not ligulate, 1.5–11.7 cm, not fibrous, not shredding at tip, apex acute;

petioles terete, 0.9–11.5 cm;

blade light to dark green, ovate to oblanceolate, distinctly arcuate, 5–12.5 cm × 15–58 mm, base rounded to acute, without basal lobes, not clasping, margins entire, crispate, apex not hoodlike, acute to round-apiculate, lacunae absent;

veins 19–49.

petiolate, lax;

stipules deliquescent, inconspicuous, convolute, free from blade, light to dark brown, not ligulate, 0.7–1.2 cm, not fibrous, not shredding at tip, apex obtuse;

petioles 0.5–4.5 cm;

blade dark green, linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, often arcuate, 3.5–13.8 cm × 60–165 mm acute, base acute to rounded, without basal lobes, margins entire, crispate, apex not hoodlike, acute to obtuse, lacunae in 2–5 rows each side of midrib;

veins 7–19.

unbranched, emersed;

peduncles not dimorphic, terminal or axillary, erect, cylindric, 4.5–22.3 cm;

spikes not dimorphic, cylindric, 34–65 mm.

unbranched, emersed;

peduncles not dimorphic, terminal or axillary, erect to ascending, cylindric, 3.3–9.4 cm;

spikes not dimorphic, cylindric, 17–36 mm.

sessile, reddish brown, obovoid, turgid, abaxially keeled, laterally ridged, 5–6.7 × 4.5–5.2 mm, lateral ridges without points;

beak erect, 0.5–0.8 mm;

sides without basal tubercles;

embryo with full spiral.

sessile, dark green to dark brown, ovoid to obovoid, turgid, abaxially keeled, laterally ridged, 5–6.5 × 4.1–5 mm, lateral ridges without points;

beak erect, 0.5 mm;

embryo with 1 full spiral.

apparently unknown not available.

= 52.