Echinodorus virgatus

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iEchinodorus virgatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plant
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Echinodorus
Species: E. virgatus
Binomial name
Echinodorus virgatus
(Hook & Arn.) Micheli. in D.C. Monogr. Phan. 3:54, 1881

In Rataj's taxonomy E.virgatus is in Section Cordifolii, Subgenus Echinodorus

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[edit] Synonyms

Alisma virgata Hook & Arn.

[edit] Description

Leaves 45 cm long, petioles longer than the blade. Blades cordate, on the base lobate, 17 cm long x 14 cm wide, trimmed with long pellucid lines.

Stem erect, distinctly alate, cylindrical between the whorls triangular.

Infloresence paniculate, having 9 whorls, branching in the lower whorl. Bracts shorter than the pedicels. Pedicels about 1 cm long. Achenes with the beak 2.25 mm long x 1.2 mm wide, having 4 - 5 lateral ribs and 3 - (4) distinct, big lateral glands. Beak 0.5 - 0.7 mm long, erect.

Fassett: says the drawing of the type shows about 10 flowers at a node, on pedicels 0.5 - 1 cm long.

[edit] Distribution

Pacific coast of Central America, Mexico

[edit] Cultivation

Little known species, not in cultivation as far as I can see.

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