Wavy-leaved sword plant
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| ( Micheli ) Rataj |
The wavy-leaved sword plant or Leopoldina sword plant ( Echinodorus major (Micheli) Rataj , Syn .: Echinodorus martii var. Major Micheli ) is a species of the sword plants genus ( Echinodorus ) within the frog-spoon family (Alismataceae).
description
This marsh plant is a medium to large and vigorously growing, perennial herbaceous plant that forms rhizomes . The obverse-lanceolate leaves stand together in a leaf rosette . The upper side of the leaf is light green.
Occurrence
The natural range is the eastern Brazil.
Use as an aquarium plant
Like most other species of the sword plant genus , the wavy-leaved sword plant is one of the popular aquarium plants . The wavy-leaved sword plant is considered an undemanding plant, which, however, needs a nutrient-rich soil. In the aquarium , this species thrives best at temperatures between 19 and 26 degrees Celsius. Your light requirement is medium to high. It is suitable as a medium, background and specimen plant. Aquariums should hold about one hundred and fifty liters.
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., Stuttgart, 2nd edition 1999, ISBN 3-8001-7454-5 , p. 255 ( Echinodorus martii ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Echinodorus - World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on June 18, 2018.