Capuron's water ear

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

The Capuron's water ear ( Aponogeton capuronii ), named after René Paul Raymond Capuron (1921–1971), is an amphibious plant from the water ear family .

description

The 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 olive green. Their height is 30 to 50 centimeters.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 32.

Occurrence

The plant has its natural range in the southeast of Madagascar . It grows there in rivers with fast flowing waters.

Aquaristics

Unlike a whole range of water spikes , this plant is only rarely offered in specialist shops for planting aquariums . The plant is considered to be very demanding. It needs soft, weakly acidic water. Permanent cultivation has so far only been successful in the Botanical Garden in Munich .

literature

Christel Kasselmann:
- Design plant aquariums . Kosmos Verlag., Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-440-08518-X .
- Aquarium plants . Ulmer Verlag., Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-8001-7454-5 , p. 119.

Individual evidence

↑ Aponogeton capuronii 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.

Web links

Commons : Capuron's Water Ear ( Aponogeton capuronii ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

[IPCN-1] Aponogeton capuronii 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.