''Echinodorus grisebachii'' or ''Echinodorus amazonicus'' is commonly known as Amazon sword plant, although other plants are also known under this common name. The

aquatic plant Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments (saltwater or freshwater). They are also referred to as hydrophytes or macrophytes to distinguish them from algae and other microphytes. A macrophyte is a plant that ...

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. It has been sold under the name ''Paniculatus''.

Description

Echinodorus grisebachii - flower view 01

An aquatic plant with submergent

leaves A leaf (plural, : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant plant stem, stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", wh ...

40 – 60 cm long attached by petioles flatly triangular. Leaf blades are lanceolate or narrowly oval.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. There are a number of cultivated forms in the trade with various names such as "Black" or "'Parviflorus".

References

External links

Tropica

An Integrative Approach to Species Delimitation in Echinodorus (Alismataceae) and the Description of Two New Species - Samuli Lehtonen

TFH article
{{Taxonbar, from=Q476284 grisebachii Flora of the Amazon Flora of Brazil Flora of Cuba Flora of Costa Rica Flora of Honduras Flora of Nicaragua Flora of French Guiana Flora of Suriname Flora of Venezuela Flora of Bolivia Flora of Colombia Flora of Peru Plants described in 1909 Aquatic plants Flora without expected TNC conservation status