Echinodorus bleheri
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 Amazon Sword Plant, with Symphysodon discus fish
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| Echinodorus bleheri Rataj in Preslia, 42:265, 1970 |
Echinodorus bleheri is commonly known as Amazon sword plant, although other plants are also known under this common name. The plant is cultivated for and used in freshwater aquariums.
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[edit] Synonyms
E. paniculatus Auct. not Micheki, 1881; E. rangeri Hort.; E. platyphylla Hort.; E. tocatins; E. toguina
[edit] Description
An aquatic plant with submergent leaves 40 - 60 cm long attached by petioles flatly triangular. Leaf blades are lanceolate or narrowly oval.
[edit] Distribution
E. bleheri is known from the Amazon Basin, and was first exported as an aquarium plant in the 20th century from Brasil. It is now cultivated widely for wholesale.
[edit] Cultivation
E. bleheri propagates by division or adventitious plantlets.
