{{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 = <ref name=wcsp/> | synonyms = *''Lecontia'' <small>W.Cooper ex Torr.</small> *''Rensselaeria'' <small>L.C.Beck</small> | range_map = Peltandra distribution.svg | range_map_caption = Range of the genus ''Peltandra''. }}

'''''Peltandra''''', the '''arrow arums''',<ref>{{PLANTS|id=PELTA|taxon=Peltandra|accessdate=21 September 2015}}</ref> is a genus of plants in the family Araceae. It is native to the eastern United States, eastern Canada, and Cuba.<ref name=wcsp>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=149710 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>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.</ref><ref>[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. ]</ref><ref>[http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Peltandra Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps]</ref>

;Species<ref name=wcsp/> * ''Peltandra sagittifolia'' - <small>(Michx.) Morong</small> - Spoon flower or the white arrow arum - southeastern US from eastern Louisiana to Virginia * ''Peltandra virginica'' <small>(L.) Schott</small> - Arum arrow - Cuba, Quebec, Ontario, Oregon, California, Washington; eastern US from Maine to Florida, west to Texas, Kansas, and Minnesota * †''Peltandra primaeva'' &ndash; Eocene, Golden Valley Formation, North Dakota, USA<ref name="Hickey1977">{{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 }}</ref>

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