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Aquarius tunicatus

Aquarius tunicatus
Photo: Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Botany, CC0
Family
Alismataceae (Alismat family)
Grows as
Aquatic
Native range
Costa Rica to W. South America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Aquarius tunicatus or Echinodorus tunicatus is a species of aquatic plants in the family Alismataceae.

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

Where it grows

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

Other Aquarius plants

Creeping Burhead · Aquarius horizontalis · Aquarius palifolius · Aquarius uruguayensis · Aquarius · Echinodorus bracteatus · Echinodorus emersus · Echinodorus grandiflorus · Echinodorus grisebachii · Echinodorus longiscapus · Echinodorus macrophyllus · Creeping Burhead

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aquarius tunicatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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