Aquarius grandiflorus (Cham. & Schltdl.) Christenh. & Byng
German / Trade Name : Großblütige Schwertpflanze
Basionym : Echinodorus grandiflorus (Cham. & Schltdl.) Micheli[1]
Synonyms:
Alisma grandiflorum Cham. & Schltdl.
Echinodorus argentinensis Rataj
Echinodorus floridanus R.R.Haynes & Burkhalter
Echinodorus grandiflorus var. bracteatus Rataj
Echinodorus grandiflorus var. ovatus Micheli
occurrence:
Coastal area from the mouth of the Río Negro in Argentina through Uruguay to the state of Paraná in Brazil. A remote population in Florida, USA.
Ecology
Grows at sea level in flowing water along rivers and streams, most commonly in river deltas.
Morphology General habit.
Perennial, from horizontal rhizomes, petioles and stems glabrous to short soft-hairy, to 180 cm, rhizomes to 15 cm long, 3 cm diam. Leaves emersed, blades oval to ovate, underside glabrous to stellate soft-hairy, 7 - 13-veined, 15 - 50 cm long, 5.5 - 30 cm wide, translucent markings present as dots and short lines, apex acute to rounded, base weakly to shallowly cordate, petiole round, glabrous to stellate hairy, usually with nodular thickening below the blades, up to 120 cm long, 0.3 - 2 cm in diameter, base with sheathing up to 16 cm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit oblique, 3 - 4 ribbed, glandular, 2 - 3 mm long, 1 mm wide, glands 2 - 3, separated by ribs, oblong, beak end, erect, 0.2 - 0.5 mm.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences.
Inflorescence paniculate, of 5 - 13 whorls, each 7 - 19-flowered, erect, overhanging leaves, spreading, to 55 cm long and to 25 cm wide, rachis round to triangular in cross-section, pedicels round, glabrous to stellate pubescent , to 140 cm long, 1.2 cm in diameter, bracts lanceolate, coarse, 1.5 - 4.5 cm long, 6 - 14 mm wide, 10 - 20 veins, apex acuminate, pedicels spreading in flower and fruit, 1.5 - 6.5 cm long, 1 mm diam. flowers 3.5 - 5 cm in diameter, weakly fragrant, sepals erect, 13 - 25-veined, 7 mm long, 5 mm wide, veins without papillae, petals spreading, white, without claws, overlapping, c. 22 mm long, 20 mm wide, stamens 21 - 35, anthers many-sided, c. 2 mm long, filaments c. 1.5 mm long, carpels numerous
Phenology
Flowering and fruiting in South America from November to May, in the USA from April to October.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 POWO (2021). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Im Internet veröffentlicht; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ Abgerufen am 22. August 2021."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 BotBln - Own work
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Daderot - Own work
- ↑ Krzysztof Ziarnek
- ↑ Andrés González
- ↑ Andrés González
- ↑ Alvesgaspar - Own work
- ↑ 阿橋 HQ