''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
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
TropicaAn Integrative Approach to Species Delimitation in Echinodorus (Alismataceae) and the Description of Two New Species - Samuli Lehtonen TFH article
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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