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''Cryptocoryne spiralis'' is a plant
Nonindigenous Aquatic Species USA
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species
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belonging to the Araceae genus
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''Cryptocoryne
''Cryptocoryne'' is a genus of aquatic plants from the family Araceae. The genus is naturally distributed in tropical regions of India, Southeast Asia and New Guinea.
The typical habitats of ''Cryptocoryne'' are mostly streams and rivers with n ...
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Distribution
Endemic to India.Cook, CDK (1996) ''Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India: A reference Book and Identification Manual for the Vascular Plants Found in Permanent or Seasonal Fresh water in the Subcontinent of India South of the Himalayas''. Oxford University Press, New York, NY. 385 pp.Leaf morphology
Leaves are lanceolate and extremely variable, some variations are red stems, furrows in leaf margins, pure green forms.
Inflorescence
The flower of ''C. spiralis'' is within aspathe
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of ...
which is curled clockwise, a distinctive feature of this species.
Rhizome
''Cryotocorne sprialis'' stores nutrients in underground rhizome, during the dry season when the marshes dry out, plant survives by losing all its leaves and becoming dormant. Next season when the rains come the rhizome sprouts new leaves.
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Nonindigenous Aquatic Species USA
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