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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] It has been sold under the name Paniculatus.

Amazon sword plant
Amazon Sword Plant with Blue Diamond fish (Symphysodon discus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Alismataceae
Genus:	Echinodorus
Species:	E. grisebachii
Binomial name
Echinodorus grisebachii Small in N.L.Britton & al.
Synonyms[1]
Echinodorus amphibius Rataj Echinodorus gracilis Rataj Echinodorus amazonicus Rataj Echinodorus bleherae Rataj Echinodorus bleheri Rataj, common misspelling of E. bleherae Echinodorus parviflorus Rataj Echinodorus eglandulosus Holm-Niels. & R.R.Haynes Echinodorus grisebachii var. minor Kasselm.

Description

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

There are a number of cultivated forms in the trade with various names such as "Black" or "'Parviflorus".

References

External links

• Tropica
• An Integrative Approach to Species Delimitation in Echinodorus (Alismataceae) and the Description of Two New Species - Samuli Lehtonen
• TFH article

На других языках

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- [en] Echinodorus grisebachii

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[ru] Эхинодорус амазонский

Эхинодорус амазонский, или коротко Амазонка (лат. Echinodorus grisebachii) — вид широко распространённых неприхотливых аквариумных растений семейства Частуховые (Alismataceae), происходящих из Амазонского региона Южной Америки. Амазонка относится к роду эхинодорусов.

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