Aquarius tunicatus (Small) Christenh. & Byng
Basionym : Echinodorus tunicatus Small[1]
Occurrence:
Western Amazonia, Central America.
Ecology
Grows on the floor of flooded forests. From sea level to 500 m.
Morphology General habit
Perennial, from short erect rhizomes, glabrous, up to 100 cm, rhizomes up to 7 cm long, 1.5 cm in diameter. Leaves emersed, blades ovate, 7 - 13-veined, 14 - 40 cm long, 6 - 24 cm wide, translucent markings present as a net-like network, apex acuminate, base cordate, petioles round, 20 - 80 cm long, 10 mm diam., base with sheath up to 20 cm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit club, 4 - 6-ribbed, glandular, 2.6 - 4.3 mm long, 1 mm wide, glands 3 - 4, round, beak end, horizontal, approx. 0.4 - 1 mm.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence racemes, 1 - 6 whorled, each 7 - 50-flowered, erect, shorter than the leaves, occasionally multiplying, up to 30 cm long, 6 cm wide, rachis triangular in cross-section, pedicels round, up to 30 cm long, 1.3 cm diam, bracts descending, free, lanceolate, coarse, 3 - 6 cm long, 8 mm wide, c. 20-veined, apex pointed, pedicels spread out in flower and bent back in fruit, round, 2 - 4 cm long, 0.5 mm diam. flowers only open for a few hours in the morning, 1.6 - 1.8 cm in diameter, sepals erect, 20 - 26-veined, approx. 10 mm long, ca. 10 mm wide, veins without papillae, petals spreading, white, not clawed, not overlapping, ca. 10 mm long, ca. 6 mm wide, stamens 19 - 24, anthers many-sided, ca. 1 mm long, filaments c. 2 mm long, carpels numerous
Phenology
Flowering and fruiting all year round. [1]
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Aquarius tunicatus (Small) Christenh. & Byng[2] -
Aquarius tunicatus (Small) Christenh. & Byng[2] -
Aquarius tunicatus (Small) Christenh. & Byng[2] -
Echinodorus tunicatus Small[3] -
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Echinodorus tunicatus Small[7]
- ↑ 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 Kostiantyn Loboda, Black Water http://echinodorus.com.ua/
- ↑ by The New York Botanical Garden (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- ↑ Echinodorus tunicatus Small Collected in Costa Rica (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- ↑ Echinodorus tunicatus Smallcollected in Peru (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- ↑ Echinodorus tunicatus Small Collected in Colombia (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- ↑ by The New York Botanical Garden (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)