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Mexican sword plant
Echinodorus palifolius
Aquarius palifolius, synonyms including Echinodorus palifolius, also known as Mexican sword plant, is an emerged aquatic plant in the Alismataceae. It has a rather odd, discontinuous range, native to Brazil (Minas Gerais and Bahia), Peru, Uruguay, and Mexico (Nayarit). It has been introduced in many countries including Bangladesh and India.
The specific epithet is sometimes spelled palaefolius. The correct spelling is palifolius per ICN 60G.1.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 206594.