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burheads and sword plants
Echinodorus
Echinodorus (burhead or Amazon sword plant) is a genus of plants in the family Alismataceae and distributed in the Western Hemisphere from the central United States to Argentina. Its scientific name is derived from Ancient Greek echius – rough husk, and doros – leathern bottle, alluding to ovaries, which in some species are armed with persistent styles, forming prickly head of fruit. Some of the species are commonly cultivated in artificial aquatic habitats.
18 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Creeping burhead
speciesEchinodorus cordifolius
Erect burhead
speciesEchinodorus berteroi
Large-flowered Amazon
speciesEchinodorus grandiflorus
Ruffled Sword Plant
speciesEchinodorus subalatus
Amazon Sword
speciesEchinodorus grisebachii
Mexican sword plant
speciesEchinodorus palifolius
Echinodorus longiscapus
speciesEchinodorus longiscapus
Echinodorus paniculatus
speciesEchinodorus paniculatus
Echinodorus uruguayensis
speciesEchinodorus uruguayensis
Large-leaved Amazon Sword
speciesEchinodorus macrophyllus
Echinodorus scaber
speciesEchinodorus scaber
Echinodorus glaucus
speciesEchinodorus glaucus
Echinodorus longipetalus
speciesEchinodorus longipetalus
Echinodorus bracteatus
speciesEchinodorus bracteatus
Echinodorus floribundus
speciesEchinodorus floribundus
Echinodorus trialatus
speciesEchinodorus trialatus
Echinodorus tunicatus
speciesEchinodorus tunicatus
Echinodorus reptilis
speciesEchinodorus reptilis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 72108.