Orontium aquaticum--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 30 May 03. 049.jpg
Orontium aquaticum--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 30 May 03. 051.jpg
Orontium aquaticum--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 28 Apr 05. 326.jpg
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Orontium aquaticum--DE. Mt. Cuba Center. 24 Jun 03. 101.jpg
Orontium aquaticum--DE. Mt. Cuba Center. 24 Jun 03. 100.jpg
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Orontium aquaticum, Davidson, C 13063--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (88).JPG
Orontium aquaticum, Davidson, C 13063--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (94).JPG
Orontium aquaticum, Davidson, C 13063--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (93).JPG
Orontium aquaticum, Davidson, C 13063--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (97).JPG
Orontium aquaticum, Davidson, C 13063--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (100).JPG
Orontium aquaticum, Davidson, C 13063--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (85).JPG
Orontium aquaticum, Davidson, C 13063--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (99).JPG
Orontium aquaticum, Davidson, C 13063--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (92).JPG
Orontium aquaticum, Davidson, C 13063--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (101).JPG
Orontium aquaticum, Davidson, C 13063--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (98).JPG
Orontium aquaticum, Davidson, C 13063--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (91).JPG
Orontium aquaticum, Davidson, C 13063--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (96).JPG
Orontium aquaticum, Davidson, C 13063--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (90).JPG
Orontium aquaticum, Davidson, C 13063--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (86).JPG
Orontium aquaticum, Davidson, C 13063--South Carolina. Lexington Co. Shellys Pond. 20 May 2015. DSC06625 (89).JPG
Orontium aquaticum--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 30 May 03. 074.jpg
Orontium aquaticum--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 30 May 03. 073.jpg
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Native to Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia; introduced into Great Britain (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 6 occurrences across 3 countries.
Location
Peru, Cusco, Calca (Lares District, Jardin des Plantes)
-12.983889, -72.063333
Location Remarks
Place Valhubert, along Quai St-Bernard, 5th arrondissement
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, Delaware (Mt. Cuba Center)
Location Remarks
905 Old Wilmington Rd.., Hockessin
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, South Carolina, Lexington (Lexington)
33.863611, -81.233889
Location Remarks
Edmund. Boiling Springs Road between Bethany Church Road and Bluefield Road. Shealy's Pond. 83 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Tomomi Masaki
Notes
Deeply set rhizomes at the edge of the pond.
Location
France, Île-de-France (Paris, 5th arrondissement)
48.84458, 2.36086
Location Remarks
Place Valhubert, along Quai St-Bernard, 5th arrondissement
Collectors
Location
France
Location Remarks
France. Paris Jardin des Plantes
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
France, Paris (5th arrondissement. Jardin des Plantes)
Location Remarks
Place Valhubert, along Quai St-Bernard, 5th arrondissement
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Orontium
Specific Epithet
aquaticum
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Very high
ED 52.3
Among the most evolutionarily isolated plants known — losing it erases an irreplaceable branch of the plant tree of life.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
5.3
Global rank
#2,996 of 335,497
Top 0.9%
Extinction probability
10%
