List of freshwater aquarium plant species
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Aquatic plants are used to give the aquarium a natural appearance, oxygenate the water, and provide habitat for fish, especially fry (babies) and for invertebrate species. Some aquarium fish and invertebrates also eat live plants. Recently, there has been a movement in the hobby to use aquatic plants as part of aesthetic aquarium design and aquascaping, spearheaded by Japanese aquarist Takashi Amano.
Most of these plant species are found either partially or fully submersed in their natural habitat. Although there are a handful of obligate aquatic plants that must be grown in water (Cabomba sp., for example), most grow and thrive fully emersed if the soil is kept moist.
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[edit] Fake or pseudo-aquarium plants
Several species of land plants such as umbrella pine and aluminum plant (Pilea cadairei) are also frequently sold as "aquarium plants". While such plants are beautiful and can survive for some time under water, they will eventually die and must be removed so their decay does not contaminate the aquarium water.
[edit] Listed alphabetically by scientific name
As a very important note, the taxonomy of most aquatic plant genera is not final. Scientific names and classifications have changed often in the past years, creating confusion for most aquarists. Most of the old names are still in use today on some web sites.
Common aquarium plant species:
- Acorus calamus
- Acorus gramineus
- Aglaonema modestum
- Aglaonema simplex
- Alisma gramineum
- Alternanthera bettzichiana
- Alternanthera lilacina
- Alternanthera philoxeroides
- Alternanthera reineckii "rosaefolia"
- Alternanthera sessilis
- Ammannia gracilis
- Ammannia latifolia
- Ammania senegalensis
- Anubias afzelii
- Anubias barteri var. barteri
- Anubias barteri var. nana
- Anubias barteri var. nana 'Petite'
- Anubias congensis
- Anubias frazeri
- Anubias gilletti
- Anubias gracilis
- Anubias hastifolia
- Anubias heterophylla
- Anubias lanceolata
- Aponogeton appendiculatus
- Aponogeton bernierianus
- Aponogeton boivinianus
- Aponogeton capuronii
- Aponogeton crispus
- Aponogeton decartyi
- Aponogeton desertorum
- Aponogeton dioecus
- Aponogeton distachyos
- Aponogeton elongatus
- Aponogeton fenestralis
- Aponogeton henkelianus
- Aponogeton junceus
- Aponogeton longiplumulosus
- Aponogeton loriae
- Aponogeton madagascariensis (Madagascar laceleaf, lace plant)
- Aponogeton natans
- Aponogeton rigidifolius
- Aponogeton tenuispicatus
- Aponogeton ulvaceus
- Aponogeton undulatus
- Armoracia aquatica
- Azolla caroliniana
- Azolla filiculoïdes
- Azolla pinnata
- Bacopa amplexicaulis
- Bacopa australis
- Bacopa caroliniana (lemon bacopa, water hyssop)
- Bacopa crenata
- Bacopa monnieri (water hyssop)
- Bacopa myriophylloides
- Bacopa rotundifolia
- Baldellia ranunculoides
- Barclaya longifolia
- Barclaya motleyi
- Blyxa aubertii
- Blyxa echinosperma
- Blyxa japonica
- Blyxa novoguineensis
- Blyxa octandra
- Bolbitis heteroclita
- Bolbitis heudelotii
- Cabomba aquatica
- Cabomba caroliniana
- Cabomba furcata
- Cabomba palaeformis
- Caldesia parnassifolia
- Calla palustris
- Callitriche hamulata
- Callitriche hermaphroditica
- Callitriche palustris
- Callitriche stagnalis
- Cardamine lyrata
- Cardamine rotundifolia
- Ceratophyllym demersum
- Ceratophyllum submersum
- Ceratopteris cornuta
- Ceratopteris pteridoides
- Ceratopteris thalictroides
- Chlorophytum bichetii
- Cladophora aegagropila
- Crassula aquatica
- Crassula helmsii
- Crinum calamistratum
- Crinum natans
- Crinum purpurascens
- Crinum thaianum
- Cryptocorine moehlmanni
- Cryptocoryne affinis
- Cryptocoryne alba
- Cryptocoryne albida
- Cryptocoryne aponogetifolia
- Cryptocoryne auriculata
- Cryptocoryne axelrodii
- Cryptocoryne balansae
- Cryptocoryne beckettii 'petchii'
- Cryptocoryne blassii
- Cryptocoryne bogneri
- Cryptocoryne bullosa
- Cryptocoryne ciliata
- Cryptocoryne cognata
- Cryptocoryne cordata
- Cryptocoryne crispatula
- Cryptocoryne cruddasiana
- Cryptocoryne diderici
- Cryptocoryne elliptica
- Cryptocoryne ferruginea
- Cryptocoryne fusca
- Cryptocoryne grabowskii
- Cryptocoryne gracilis
- Cryptocoryne griffithii
- Cryptocoryne huegelii
- Cryptocoryne legroi
- Cryptocoryne longicauda
- Cryptocoryne lucens
- Cryptocoryne lutea
- Cryptocoryne minima
- Cryptocoryne nevillii
- Cryptocoryne nurii
- Cryptocoryne parva
- Cryptocoryne petchii
- Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia
- Cryptocoryne purpurea
- Cryptocoryne retrospiralis
- Cryptocoryne siamensis
- Cryptocoryne spiralis
- Cryptocoryne thwaitesii
- Cryptocoryne tonkinensis
- Cryptocoryne undulata
- Cryptocoryne usteriana
- Cryptocoryne venemae
- Cryptocoryne versteegii
- Cryptocoryne walkeri
- Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Tropica'
- Cryptocoryne willisii
- Cryptocoryne zewaldae
- Cryptocoryne zonata
- Cryptocoryne zukalii
- Cyperus alternifolius
- Cyperus helferi
- Cyperus papyrus
- Damasonium alisma
- Dracaena sanderiana
- Didiplis diandra
- Echinodorus africanatus
- Echinodorus amazonicus
- Echinodorus andrieuxii
- Echinodorus angustifolius
- Echinodorus argentinensis
- Echinodorus aschersonianus
- Echinodorus barthii
- Echinodorus berteroi
- Echinodorus bleheri
- Echinodorus bolivianus
- Echinodorus brevipedicellatus
- Echinodorus cordifolius (spade leaf sword)
- Echinodorus fluitans
- Echinodorus grandiflorus
- Echinodorus horemanii
- Echinodorus horizontalis
- Echinodorus humilis
- Echinodorus latifolius
- Echinodorus longiscapus
- Echinodorus macrophyllus
- Echinodorus martii
- Echinodorus opacus
- Echinodorus osiris
- Echinodorus 'Ozelot'
- Echinodorus palaefolius
- Echinodorus paniculatus
- Echinodorus parviflorus
- Echinodorus pelliscidus
- Echinodorus quadricostatus
- Echinodorus radicans
- Echinodorus rigidifolius
- Echinodorus 'Rubin'
- Echinodorus rubra
- Echinodorus schlueteri
- Echinodorus subalatus
- Echinodorus tenellus
- Echinodorus tunicatus
- Echinodorus uruguayensis
- Egeria densa
- Egeria naias
- Eichhornia crassipes
- Eichhornia diversifolia
- Elatine hydropiper
- Elatine macropoda
- Eleocharis acicularis
- Eleocharis dulcis
- Eleocharis minima
- Eleocharis obtusa
- Eleocharis parvula
- Eleocharis vivipare
- Elodea canadensis
- Elodea nuttallii
- Elodea occidentalis
- Eriocaulo sp.
- Eusteralis stellata
- Fittonia argyroneura
- Fontinalis antipyretica
- Glossadelphus zollingeri
- Glossostigma diandrum
- Glossostigma elatinoides
- Gymnocoronis spilanthoides
- Hemianthus callitrichoides
- Hemianthus micranthemoides
- Hemigraphis colorata
- Heteranthera dubia
- Heteranthera reniformis
- Heteranthera zosterifolia
- Hippuris vulgaris
- Hottonia inflata
- Hottonia palustris (water violet)
- Hydrilla verticillata
- Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
- Hydrocleis nymphoides
- Hydrocotyle leucocephala
- Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
- Hydrocotyle verticillata
- Hydrocotyle vulgaris
- Hydrothrix gardneri
- Hydrotriche hottoniiflora
- Hygrophila augustifolia
- Hygrophila corymbosa 'siamensis'
- Hygrophila difformis (water wisteria)
- Hygrophila guianensis
- Hygrophila lacustris
- Hygrophila lancea
- Hygrophila natalis
- Hygrophila polysperma
- Hygrophila salicifolia
- Hygroryza aristata
- Isoetes lacustris
- Isoetes malinverniana
- Isoetes velata
- Isolepis setracea
- Juncus repens
- Lagarosiphon madagascariensis
- Lagarosiphon major
- Lagenandra insignis
- Lagenandra koenigii
- Lagenandra lancifolia
- Lagenandra nairii
- Lagenandra ovata
- Lagenandra thwaitesii
- Lemna gibba
- Lemna minor
- Lemna paucicostata
- Lemna perpusilla
- Lemna trisulca
- Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
- Lilaeopsis carolinensis
- Lilaeopsis macloviana
- Lilaeopsis mauritiana
- Lilaeopsis novae zelandiae
- Lilaeopsis ruthiana
- Limnobium laevigatum
- Limnobium spongia
- Limnocharis flava
- Limnophila aquatica
- Limnophila aromatica
- Limnophila glabra
- Limnophila heterophylla
- Limnophila indica
- Limnophila sessiflora
- Limnophila sessiliflora
- Lindernia rotundifolia
- Littorella uniflora
- Lobelia cardinalis (cardinal flower)
- Lobelia dortmanna
- Ludwigia alternifolia
- Ludwigia arcuata
- Ludwigia glandulosa
- Ludwigia helminthorrhiza
- Ludwigia inclinata
- Ludwigia inclinata var. verticellata 'Cuba'
- Ludwigia mullertii
- Ludwigia natans
- Ludwigia palustris
- Ludwigia pulvinaris
- Ludwigia repens
- Luronium natans
- Lycopodium inundatum
- Lysimachia nummularia (moneywort)
- Marsilea crenata
- Marsilea drummondii
- Marsilea hirsuta
- Marsilea pubescens
- Marsilea quatrifolia
- Mayaca fluviatilis
- Mayaca vandellii
- Micranthemum umbrosum
- Microsorum pteropus (Java fern)
- Monosolenium tenerum
- Myriophyllum alterniflorum
- Myriophyllum aquaticum
- Myriophyllum elatinoides
- Myriophyllum heterophyllum
- Myriophyllum hippuroides
- Myriophyllum matogrossense
- Myriophyllum proserpinacoides
- Myriophyllum scabratum
- Myriophyllum spicatum
- Myriophyllum tuberculatum
- Myriophyllum ussuriense
- Myriophyllum verticillatum
- Myriophylumm oguraense
- Najas graminea
- Najas guadelupensis
- Najas indica
- Najas marina
- Najas minor
- Najas pectinata
- Nesaea crassicaulis
- Nitella capillaris
- Nitella flexilis
- Nitella gracilis
- Nomaphila siamensis
- Nomaphila stricta
- Nuphar advenum
- Nuphar japonica
- Nuphar luteum
- Nuphar pumilum
- Nuphar sagittifolium
- Nymphaea alba
- Nymphaea lotus
- Nymphaea micrantha
- Nymphaea pubescens
- Nymphaea pygmea
- Nymphaea stellata
- Nymphaea zenkeri 'lotus'
- Nymphoides aquatica
- Nymphoides humboldtiana
- Nymphoides indica
- Nymphoides peltata
- Ophiopogon japonicus
- Orontium aquaticum
- Ottelia alismoides
- Ottelia mesenterum
- Ottelia ulvifolia
- Phyllanthus fluitans
- Pilularia americana
- Pilularia globulifera
- Pistia stratiotes
- Pogostemon helferi
- Pogostemon stellatus
- Pontederia cordata
- Potamogeton coloratus
- Potamogeton crispus
- Potamogeton densus
- Potamogeton filiformis
- Potamogeton gayi
- Potamogeton gramineus
- Potamogeton lucens
- Potamogeton malaianus
- Potamogeton natans
- Potamogeton perfoliatus
- Proserpinaca palustris
- Ranunculus aquatilis
- Ranunculus limosella
- Regnellidium diphyllum
- Riccia fluitans
- Ricciocarpus natans
- Rorippa aquatica
- Rotala indica
- Rotala macrandra
- Rotala rotundifolia
- Rotala wallichii
- Ruppia maritima
- Sagittaria chapmani
- Sagittaria eatonii
- Sagittaria filiformis
- Sagittaria graminea
- Sagittaria guyanensis
- Sagittaria isoëtiformis
- Sagittaria latifolia
- Sagittaria microfila
- Sagittaria montevidensis
- Sagittaria natans
- Sagittaria papillosa
- Sagittaria platyphylla
- Sagittaria pusilla
- Sagittaria sagittifolia
- Sagittaria subulata
- Salvinia auriculata
- Salvinia cucullata
- Salvinia minima
- Salvinia natans
- Salvinia oblongifolia
- Salvinia rotundifolia
- Samolus floribundus
- Samolus parviflorus
- Samolus valerandi
- Saururus cernuus
- Selaginella sp.
- Shinnersia rivularis
- Spathiphyllum wallisii
- Spiranthes romanzoffiana
- Spirodela polyrhiza
- Stratiotes aloides
- Subularia aquatica
- Syngonium podophyllum
- Synnema triflorum
- Taxiphyllum barbieri
- Tonina fluviatilis
- Trapa natans
- Triglochin maritima
- Triglochin palustre
- Triglochin striata
- Typha angustifolia
- Typha latifolia
- Utricularia gibba
- Utricularia graminifolia
- Utricularia minor
- Utricularia vulgaris
- Vallisneria americana
- Vallisneria asiatica
- Vallisneria gigantea
- Vallisneria neotropicalis
- Vallisneria rubra
- Vallisneria spiralis
- Vallisneria tortissima
- Versicularia dubyana (Java moss)
- Wolffia arrhiza
- Wolffia microscopica
- Wolffiella floridana
- Zannichellia palustris
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 Acorus calamus |
 Anubias barteri var. nana |
 Aponogeton distachyos |
 Bacopa monnieri |
 Damasonium californicum |
 Echinodorus cordifolius |
 Elodea canadensis |
 Eriocaulon decangulare |
 Elodea densa |
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 Nymphaea lotus |
 Nymphoides Peltata |
 Ranunculus aquatilis |
 Sagittaria sagittifolia |
 Sagittaria latifolia |
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 Utricularia vulgaris (Common Bladderwort) |
 Vallisneria americana |
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 Eleocharis dulcis |
 Hippuris vulgaris |
 Hottonia palustris |
 Isoetes lacustris |
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