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==Distribution== |
==Distribution== |
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Endemic to India.<ref>Cook, CDK (1996) ''Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India: A reference Book and Identification Manual for the Vascular Plants Found in Permanent or Seasonal Fresh water in the Subcontinent of India South of the Himalayas''. Oxford University Press, New York, NY. 385 pp.</ref> |
Endemic to India.<ref>Cook, CDK (1996) ''Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India: A reference Book and Identification Manual for the Vascular Plants Found in Permanent or Seasonal Fresh water in the Subcontinent of India South of the Himalayas''. Oxford University Press, New York, NY. 385 pp.</ref> |
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==Leaf morphology== |
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Leaves are lanceolate and extremely variable, some variations are red stems, furrows in leaf margins, pure green forms. |
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File:Cryptocorne_spiralis_var_spiralis_submerged_growth.jpg |
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==Inflorescence== |
==Inflorescence== |
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The flower of Cryotocorne spiralis is a Spathe which is curled clockwise and distinctive feature of this species. |
The flower of Cryotocorne spiralis is a Spathe which is curled clockwise and distinctive feature of this species. |
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Revision as of 09:08, 18 February 2019
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Genus: | Cryptocoryne |
| Species: | C. spiralis
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| Cryptocoryne spiralis (Retz.) Fisch. ex Wydler (1830)
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Cryptocoryne spiralis is a plant species belonging to the Araceae genus Cryptocoryne.
Distribution
Endemic to India.[1]
Leaf morphology
Leaves are lanceolate and extremely variable, some variations are red stems, furrows in leaf margins, pure green forms.
File:Cryptocorne_spiralis_var_spiralis_submerged_growth.jpg
Inflorescence
The flower of Cryotocorne spiralis is a Spathe which is curled clockwise and distinctive feature of this species.
Rhizome
Cryotocorne sprialis stores nutrients in underground rhizome, during the dry season when the marshes dry out, plant survives by losing all its leaves and becoming dormant. Next season when the rains come the rhizome sprouts new leaves.
References
- ^ Cook, CDK (1996) Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India: A reference Book and Identification Manual for the Vascular Plants Found in Permanent or Seasonal Fresh water in the Subcontinent of India South of the Himalayas. Oxford University Press, New York, NY. 385 pp.