Echinodorus virgatus
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| 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.
