Elodea, Egeria densa and Anacharis
Elodea, Egeria densa and Anacharis - Are all these same. I have a plant (http://www.dlink.org/aqua/image/egeria_densa.jpg). Is it really Egeria densa? Sorry picture may not clear. -- Thank You Dominic http://www.dlink.org/aqua |
Elodea, Egeria densa and Anacharis
I'm not sure what it is - but if I had to put any money on it - I would say
it looks like Heteranthera Zosterifolia....I guess its the dark green blurred one in the foreground. Egeria is just, normally, denser... However...shame I can't take the credit for the next section.......sorry but it's lifted from http://www.wetwebmedia.com/PlantedTk...dex/elodea.htm What's in a name? Plenty. In the case of discussing the plants here, the common name "anacharis" used to be a valid genus name for some of these plants; and is a moniker still often used. The correct scientific name for most species of "anacharis" is Elodea ("Ell-oh-dee-ah"). Egeria is another recent (1961) erected genus for a similar plant (the one of most interest to aquarists) that produces 2 to 4 flowers (Elodea only 1), that have large and deeply white petals (versus small and colorless), and are pollinated by insects (elodeas is done via water). Elodea and Egeria are members of the aquarium-important frog's-bit family (Hydrocharitaceae). They're joined there by such notable plant genera as Blyxa, Hydrilla, Lagarosiphon, Limnobium, Ottelia, Vallisneria, et al.. Martin "Aqua" wrote in message ... Elodea, Egeria densa and Anacharis - Are all these same. I have a plant (http://www.dlink.org/aqua/image/egeria_densa.jpg). Is it really Egeria densa? Sorry picture may not clear. -- Thank You Dominic http://www.dlink.org/aqua |
Elodea, Egeria densa and Anacharis
I agree with Martin that your plant looks like Heteranthera Zosterifolia. I
recently received a shipment of clippings and was told that it'd include stargrass but it's either egeria or elodea. Heteranthera Zosterifolia is much daintier and IMHO more attractive. -- (for personal replies, please remember to delete "nospam") "Martin" wrote in message ... I'm not sure what it is - but if I had to put any money on it - I would say it looks like Heteranthera Zosterifolia....I guess its the dark green blurred one in the foreground. Egeria is just, normally, denser... However...shame I can't take the credit for the next section.......sorry but it's lifted from http://www.wetwebmedia.com/PlantedTk...dex/elodea.htm What's in a name? Plenty. In the case of discussing the plants here, the common name "anacharis" used to be a valid genus name for some of these plants; and is a moniker still often used. The correct scientific name for most species of "anacharis" is Elodea ("Ell-oh-dee-ah"). Egeria is another recent (1961) erected genus for a similar plant (the one of most interest to aquarists) that produces 2 to 4 flowers (Elodea only 1), that have large and deeply white petals (versus small and colorless), and are pollinated by insects (elodeas is done via water). Elodea and Egeria are members of the aquarium-important frog's-bit family (Hydrocharitaceae). They're joined there by such notable plant genera as Blyxa, Hydrilla, Lagarosiphon, Limnobium, Ottelia, Vallisneria, et al.. Martin "Aqua" wrote in message ... Elodea, Egeria densa and Anacharis - Are all these same. I have a plant (http://www.dlink.org/aqua/image/egeria_densa.jpg). Is it really Egeria densa? Sorry picture may not clear. -- Thank You Dominic http://www.dlink.org/aqua |
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