Echinodorus grisebachii
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E. grisebachii
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| Echinodorus grisebachii Small in N.L.Britton & al.
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Echinodorus grisebachii is commonly known as Amazon sword plant, although other plants are also known under this common name. The aquatic plant is cultivated for and used in ponds and artificial aquatic habitats. It is native to Cuba, Central America, and South America as far south as Brazil and Bolivia.[1]
Description
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Flower view of Echinodorus grisebachii
An aquatic plant with submergent leaves 40 – 60 cm long attached by petioles flatly triangular. Leaf blades are lanceolate or narrowly oval.[2][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Small, John Kunkel. 1909. North American Flora 17(1): 46
- ↑ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.
External links
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Nicaragua, Echinodorus grisebachii'
- Tropical Fish Magazine Plant of the Month, Echinodorus grisebachii
- About Freshwater Aquariums, Echinodorus grisebachii 'Bleherae'
- Echinodorus on-line, Echinodorus bleheri
- FlowGrow, Wir Lassen es Wachsen, Echinodorus grisebachii 'Bleherae'
- Newlands, Where Great Ideas Grow (Dublin Ireland), Echinodorus grisebachii 'Bleherae'
- Diszhal, Tropical Fish Aquarium Plants, Echinodorus grisebachii
- Interaquaristik, Amazonasschwertpflanze, Echinodorus grisebachii
