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Zannichelliaceae (horned pondweed family) (separated from Najadaceae)
Zannichellia palustris L. (Zannichellia major (Hartm.) Boenn. ex Rchb., Zannichellia palustris L. var.
major (Hartm.) W.D.J. Koch, Zannichellia palustris L. var. stenophylla Asch. & Graebn. (horned
pondweed, mudwort)
Zosteraceae (eel-grass family) (separated from Najadaceae)
Zostera marina L. (Zostera marina L. var. latifolia Morong, Zostera marina L. var. stenophylla Asch. &
Graebn., Zostera pacifica L. (eelgrass, eel-grass, grass-wrack, seawrack)
Subclass Arecidae
Order Arales
Acoraceae (calamus family; separated from Araceae)
Acorus americanus (Raf.) Raf. (Acorus calamus auct. non L., Acorus calamus L. var. americanus (Raf.)
H.D. Wulff.) (American calamus, American sweetflag, nugbugushk)
Acorus calamus L. (belle angelique, calamus, cuckoo-pint, flagroot, sweet-flag)*
Araceae (arum family, calla family, philodendron family)
Arisaema dracontium (L.) Schott. (Muricauda dracontium (L.) Small) (dragon arum, dragonroot, green
dragon) (native but often ornamental varieties are grown as well)
Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott ssp. pusillum (Peck) Huttleston (Arisaema acuminatum Small, Arisaema
pusillum (Peck) Nash) (bog-onion, Indian turnip, sharpleaf Jack-in-the-pulpit, small Jack-in-thepulpit,
zhaushaugomin)
Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott ssp. stewardsonii (Britton) Huttleston (Arisaema atrorubens (Aiton) Blume
var. stewardsonii (Britton) G.T. Stevens, Arisaema stewardsonii Britton) (bog-onion, Indian turnip,
Jack-in-the-pulpit, small Jack-in-the-pulpit, Steward‟s-pulpit, zhaushaugomin)
Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott ssp. triphyllum (Arisaema atrorubens (Aiton) Blume) (bog-onion, Indian
turnip, Jack-in-the-pulpit, zhaushaugomin)
Calla palustris L. (marsh arum, nikaunowuhnshk, water arum, wild calla)
Dieffenbachia seguine (Jacq.) Schott (Dieffenbachia maculata (Lodd.) G. Don, Dieffenbachia picta
(Lodd.) Schott) (dieffenbachia, ornamental dumb cane) (ornamental – rarely found in wild)*
Peltandra virginica (L.) Kunth. (Peltandra tharpii F.A. Barkley) (arrow arum, green arrow-arum,
tikibughoonse, tuckahoe)
Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Makino ex Breitenbach (garden philodendron) (ornamental)*/**
Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Nutt. (devil's tobacco, eastern skunk-cabbage, skunk cabbage, shitweed,
tabac du diable)
Lemnaceae (duckweed family)
Lemna minor L. (Lemna cyclostasa Elliot ex Schleid., Lemna minima Chevall. ex Schleid.) (common
duckweed, duck-meat, lesser duckweed, mauwidaekwaegozeediwushk, smaller duckweed)
Lemna obscura (Austin) Daubs (Lemna minor L. var. obscura Austin) (little duckweed) (NY southward;
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