- Echinodorus aschersonianus
Taxobox
color = lightgreen
name = Echinodorus aschersonianus
regnum =Plant
divisio =Magnoliophyta
classis =Liliopsida
ordo =Alismatales
familia =Alismataceae
genus = "Echinodorus "
species = "E. aschersonianus"
binomial = "Echinodorus aschersonianus"
binomial_authority = Greabner in Engler. Not Jahrb., 45 :433, 1911Distribution
South America , Uraguay, south Brazil, Paraguay and ArgentinaDescription
Leaves 35 - 40 cm long, petioles usually as long as the blades. Blades very variable; usually cordate, at the tip blunt or hardly acuminate, at the base shallowly lobate, or oval, ovate or nearly lanceolate. All forms can be found on the same plant. Blades 13cm long x 2.5 - 8cm wide, without pellucid lines. It is the only species with relatively short, cordate blades without pellucid markings and with a creeping habit.Stem creeping, up to 50cm long, proliferous.
Inflorescence racemose, rarely branched in the lower whorl, having 2 - 3(7) whorls containing only 3 - 6flowers each.Bracts shorter, as long as or longer than the pedicels. Pedicels usually 1-(2) cm long, sometimes only 2 - 4 mm long or nearly absent.Flowers white,stamens 24-28, corolla 2.5 - 3.5 cm in diameter.Achenes about 2 mm long, with several ribs and (1) - 2 - 3 lateral glands or without them.2n=22
varieties
"var. aschersonianus" from Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina. Achenes with (1 - 2) 3 lateral glands placed in one row.
"var. nulliglandulosus" Rataj in Darwiniana 16(1 - 2) 25, 1970 from at least Argentina. Nutlets without glands. nb. Christel Kasselmann lists this as synonym. [Kasselmann C., "Echinodorus", Dahne Verlag, 2001]
A reddish form called "rose" is sold in the
aquarium trade and described as a hybrid between "Echinodorus uruguayensis" and "Echinodorus aschersonianus".References
External links
* [http://www.echinodorus-online.de/English/Species/aschersonianus_E/aschersonianus_e.html Echinodorus site]
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