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Mourera alcicornis

Mourera alcicornis is a rare aquatic flowering plant in the Podostemaceae (river-weed family), found on rocks in fast-flowing rivers. It is not a common garden or houseplant and is grown only by specialists in aquascaping or botanical collections.

Family

Podostemaceae (Podostem family)

Light

Bright indirect

Water

Grows submerged in flowing water and needs no watering as a houseplant; in an aquarium, keep it fully submerged in clean, well-oxygenated water.

Soil

Attaches to rock or stone surfaces rather than soil; sandy or pebbly substrate in aquaria.

Temperature

Likely 22–28 °C, typical of tropical Amazonian rivers; protect from cold water below 18 °C.

How easy

Hard

Native range

Brazil (Pará)

Climate

wet tropical

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mourera alcicornis 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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