Aponogeton longiplumulosus

Aponogeton longiplumulosus
Systematics
Class :	Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
	Monocots
Order :	Frog-spoon-like (Alismatales)
Family :	Water ear plants (Aponogetonaceae)
Genre :	Water ears ( aponogeton )
Type :	Aponogeton longiplumulosus
Scientific name
	Aponogeton longiplumulosus
	H. Bruggen

Aponogeton longiplumulosus even Wavy Madagascar Wasserähre called, is an amphibious live plants art from the family of the water ear plants .

description

This herbaceous perennial plant forms a tuber. The leaves are ribbon-shaped and wavy on the edge and grow out of a rosette. The leaf surface is dark green. Their height is 40 to 50 centimeters. This plant species develops a dark purple biennial inflorescence. The number of chromosomes is 2n = 38 or about 58.

Occurrence

This species has its natural range in northern Madagascar .

Use in the aquarium hobby

Like a whole range of water spikes , this type of plant is also offered in specialist shops for planting aquariums . However, this type of water ear is already one of the slightly more demanding aquarium plants , among other things it needs a rest period in which the tuber can regenerate. The attractive dark purple inflorescence with its eponymous long stem ( plumula ) can also develop in the aquarium, but seeds rarely develop. The plant's light requirement is medium to high. It needs water temperatures between 22 and 26 degrees Celsius. It is suitable for planting the background and central zone in the aquarium and can also be used as a specimen plant . Due to its size, the aquarium in which it is maintained should hold at least 200 liters of water. The offspring have not been successful so far; propagation via seeds is considered difficult.

literature

Bernd Greger: Plants in the freshwater aquarium . Birgit Schmettkamp Verlag, Bornheim 1998, ISBN 3-928819-16-X .
Christel Kassel man : make planted aquarium . Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-440-08518-X .
Christel Kasselmann: aquarium plants . Ulmer Verlag, 2nd edition. Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-8001-7454-5 , p. 127.

Individual evidence

↑ Aponogeton longiplumulosus at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Aponogeton - World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on June 21, 2018.

[IPCN-1] Aponogeton longiplumulosus at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[WCSP-2] Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Aponogeton - World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on June 21, 2018.