Echinodorus tunicatus

Taxobox
color = lightgreen
name = Echinodorus tunicatus
regnum = Plant
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Alismatales
familia = Alismataceae
genus = "Echinodorus"
species = "E. tunicatus"
binomial = "Echinodorus tunicatus"
binomial_authority = Small in N. Am. Fl. 17(1):48, 1909

In Rataj's taxonomy E. tunicatus is in Section Longipetali, Subgenus Echinodorus

Sometimes seen as "Queen of Hearts"

ynonyms

E. longipetalus sensu Woodson et. Schery Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 30:101, 1943 (non Micheli)

Description

Leaves upright, up to 90 cm long, blades distinctly cordate, 15 - 30 cm long x 10 - 23 cm wide, petiloes glabrous or muricate under the blde. The pellucid lines form a network that is unrelated to the pattern of the veins.

Stem 70 - 120 cm long, usually straight, cylindrical or costate below, triangular between the whorls. Inflorescence racemose, having 5 - 7 whorls containing 12 - 25 flowers each. Bracts at the base ovate and lengthened to a long point, up to 6 cm long with broad membraneous margins. Pedicels 2 - 3 cm long, sepals green, later yellow with about 30 ribs, during ripening enlarging to a length of 10 - 12 mm and fully covering the aggregate fruit. Petals white, 5 - 8 mm long, corolla 1.6 - 1.8 cm in diameter, about 30 stamens. Aggregate fruit 1 - 1.5 cm in diameter, achenes clariform about 3 mm long x 1 mm wide, usually with 3 facial ribs and 3 glands in an oblique row in the upper half of the body. Stylar beak about 1 mm long.

Distribution

Central America. First gathered in Panama in 1908, but now also known from Brazil,Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

Propagated by division or adventitious plantlets.

See also: List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil

External links

* [http://www.echinodorus-online.de/English/Species/tunicatus_E/tunicatus_e.html Echinodorus site]