Echinodorus grisebachii or Echinodorus amazonicus is commonly known as Amazon sword plant, although other plants are also known under this common name. The aquatic plant is cultivated for and used in ponds and artificial aquatic habitats. It is native to Cuba, Central America, and South America as far south as Brazil and Bolivia.[1] It has been sold under the name Paniculatus.
| Amazon sword plant | |
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| Echinodorus grisebachii. The plant is cultivated for and used in freshwater aquariums. The species is native to the Amazon Basin. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Alismataceae |
| Genus: | Echinodorus |
| Species: | E. grisebachii
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| Binomial name | |
| Echinodorus grisebachii Small in N.L.Britton & al.
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Description
editAn aquatic plant with submergent leaves 40 – 60 cm long attached by petioles flatly triangular. Leaf blades are lanceolate or narrowly oval.[2][3]
There are a number of cultivated forms in the trade with various names such as "Black" or "'Parviflorus".
References
edit- ^ a b "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
- ^ Garden., New York Botanical (1909-01-01). "North American flora". North American Flora. Series 2. v. 17, pt. 1 (1909). ISSN 0078-1312.
- ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.