Sagittaria pugioniformis Linnaeus, Plantae Surinamenses: 15. 1775.

"Habitat [in Surinamo.]" RCN: 7204.

Lectotype (Haynes & Holm-Nielsen, Fl. Neotropica 64: 90. 1994): Herb. Linn. No. 1124.7 (LINN) .

Current name: Sagittaria lancifolia L. ( Alismataceae).

Note: Although Bogin (in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 9: 191. 1955) referred to "the Linnaean type specimen", he did not indicate what he believed it to be.