Echinodorus grisebachii

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Alismataceae
Genus: Echinodorus
Species: Echinodorus grisebachii
Name

Echinodorus grisebachii Small, 1909
Synonyms

Echinodorus amazonicus Rataj
Echinodorus amphibius Rataj
Echinodorus bleherae Rataj
Echinodorus eglandulosus Holm-Niels. & R.R.Haynes
Echinodorus gracilis Rataj
Echinodorus grisebachii var. minor Kasselm.
Echinodorus heikobleheri Rataj
Echinodorus parviflorus Rataj

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Bolivia; Brazil North; Brazil West-Central; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Ecuador; French Guiana; Honduras; Nicaragua; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Small, J.K., North American Flora. New York Botanical Garden 17:46. 1909

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Echinodorus grisebachii. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 02. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Echinodorus grisebachii. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 02 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Echinodorus grisebachii in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 02.
Tropicos.org 2018. Echinodorus grisebachii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 02.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Echinodorus grisebachii in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 02. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Echinodorus grisebachii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 31 July 2008.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Grisebachs Schwertpflanze

Echinodorus grisebachii or Echinodorus amazonicus is commonly known as Amazon sword plant, although other plants are also known under this common name. The aquatic plant is cultivated for and used in ponds and artificial aquatic habitats. It is native to Cuba, Central America, and South America as far south as Brazil and Bolivia.[1]
Description
Flower view of Echinodorus grisebachii

An aquatic plant with submergent leaves 40 – 60 cm long attached by petioles flatly triangular. Leaf blades are lanceolate or narrowly oval.[2][3]
References

"World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
Garden., New York Botanical (1909-01-01). "North American flora". North American Flora. Series 2. v. 17, pt. 1 (1909). ISSN 0078-1312.
Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.