Alismataceae Vent.
Sagittaria platyphylla (Engelm.) J.G.Sm. , legitimate, scientific
Smith, J.G. (1894), North American Species of Sagittaria and Lophotocarpus: 29 [comb. et stat. nov.]
basionym: Sagittaria graminea var. platyphylla Engelm. legitimate
Sage, L.W., Lloyd, S.G. & Pigott, J.P. (1 August 2000), Sagittaria platyphylla (Alismataceae), a new aquatic weed threat in Western Australia. Nuytsia 13(2): 403 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Sagittaria graminea var. platyphylla Engelm. legitimate
Jessup, L.W. (2005), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 3 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [secondary reference]
misapplication: Sagittaria graminea var. weatherbyana (Fernald) Bogin legitimate by Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Alismataceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 5-6
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Sagittaria graminea var. platyphylla Engelm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sagittaria weatherbyana Fernald legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sagittaria graminea var. weatherbyana (Fernald) Bogin legitimate misapplication: Sagittaria graminea Michx. legitimate by Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 129, Fig. 27j-m
  • APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (formerly naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Bostock, P.D. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (8 December 2010), Alismataceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2010: 7 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & McColl, K.A. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Alismataceae. Flora of Australia 39: 11-12, Fig. 3 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Sagittaria graminea var. platyphylla Engelm. legitimate misapplication: Sagittaria graminea var. weatherbyana (Fernald) Bogin legitimate by Aston, H.I. (1967), Aquatic Angiosperms: records of four introduced species new to Victoria. Muelleria 1(3): 173 common name: Sagittaria [n/a]
Adair, R.J., Keener, B.R., Kwong, R.M., Sagliocco, J.L. & Flower, G.E. (2012), The biology of Australian weeds 60. Sagittaria platyphylla (Engelmann) J.G.Smith and Sagittaria calycina Engelmann. Plant Protection Quarterly 27(2): 47-48, Fig. 1 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Sagittaria graminea var. platyphylla Engelm. legitimate
  • Etymology: "The epithet platyphylla is a combination of the Greek words platys meaning 'broad', and phyllon meaning 'leaf'."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Sagittaria graminea var. platyphylla Engelm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sagittaria recurva Patt. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Sagittaria mohrii J.G.Sm. ex C.Mohr legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sagittaria weatherbiana Fernald orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Sagittaria weatherbyana Fernald legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sagittaria graminea var. weatherbiana Bogin orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Sagittaria graminea var. weatherbyana (Fernald) Bogin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sagittaria graminea subsp. platyphylla S.W.L.Jacobs nom. inval. misapplication: Sagittaria graminea Michx. legitimate by Jessop, J.P. in Black, J.M. (1978), Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1: 86 misapplication: Sagittaria graminea Michx. legitimate by Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 129, Fig. 27j-m
  • APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (formerly naturalised), Vic (naturalised)