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Lomariopsis
Also called Climbing Holly Fern
Lomariopsis is a genus of climbing and creeping ferns, the type genus of the family Lomariopsidaceae, and the entry covers its commonly grown members. The aquarium form, sometimes sold as Climbing Holly Fern or freshwater seaweed, grows submerged and is kept in tanks.
Lomariopsis is the type genus of the fern family Lomariopsidaceae.
One economically important species exists via the freshwater aquarium plant trade, having only just been introduced in 2001 as an aquatic gametophyte form; most commonly known as "süsswassertang" (German for "freshwater seaweed"), this plant was initially believed to be some sort of liverwort. However, it is closely allied to Lomariopsis lineata, but has not yet been named as a distinct species.
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