Alisma cordifolia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 343. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 2631.

Lectotype (Haynes & Holm-Nielsen in Brittonia 38: 329. 1986): [icon] " Sagittaria Virginiana obtusiore lato folio floribus minoribus albis " in Morison, Pl. Hist. Univ. 3: 618, s. 15, t. 4, f. 6. 1699.

Current name: Echinodorus cordifolius (L.) Griseb. ( Alismataceae).

Note: Fernald (in Rhodora 49: 108. 1947) cited an unspecified LINN sheet as “type”, presumably the post-1753, 473.4 (LINN) from Patrick Browne.