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Anubias pynaertii

Anubias pynaertii is an aquatic aroid from tropical West and Central Africa, grown mainly as an aquarium plant. It grows from a creeping rhizome and needs shade, still water and a rhizome kept above the substrate.

Family
Araceae (Arum family)
Grows as
Aquatic
Light
Shade, Part shade
Water
Grow submerged in aquariums or wet, shaded, humid conditions; keep the rhizome out of deep substrate.
Soil
Attach to rock or wood, or plant the rhizome in shallow substrate or loose sand, not buried.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
WC. Trop. Africa
Climate
wet tropical

About

Anubias pynaertii is a species belonging to the Aroid genus Anubias. It was first described scientifically by Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman in 1910, based on material collected in Zaire by, among others, Léon Auguste Edouard Joseph Pynaert, after whom the species was named.

Where it grows

The plant grows in wet, shady places and flowers and fruits throughout the year.

Other Anubias plants

Anubias afzelii · Anubias barteri var. angustifolia · Anubias barteri var. caladiifolia · Anubias barteri var. glabra · Anubias barteri var. nana · Anubias barteri · Anubias gigantea · Anubias gilletii · Anubias gracilis · Anubias hastifolia · Congo Anubias · Anubias Plants

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anubias pynaertii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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