- Luronium
Taxobox | name = "Luronium natans"
image_width = 240px
regnum =Plantae
divisio =Magnoliophyta
classis =Liliopsida
ordo =Alismatales
familia =Alismataceae
genus = "Luronium"
genus_authority = Raf.
species = "L. natans"
binomial = "Luronium natans"
binomial_authority = (L.) Raf.
synonyms =
* "Alisma natans"
* "Elisma natans" Buchen."Luronium natans" is a species of
aquatic plant commonly known as the Floating Water-plantain.Description
Stems elongated, rising in the water or creeping and rooting at the nodes. Submerged
leaves (if present) basal, linear; floating or aerial leaves elliptical to ovate.Flowers hermaphrodite, long-pedunculate in the axils of the floating or aerial leaves.Stamens 6.Carpels 6 - 15 in an irregular whorl, free, each with 1 ovule; styles apical. Fruitlets achenial, longitudinally many-ribbed, with a short apical beak. 2n=42.Ecology
Acid ponds or canals. Declining.
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