Lagenandra Dalz.
Araceae
Aridarum, Cryptocoryne, Ooia, Peliosanthes
Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh
Lagenandra lancifolia (Schott) Thwaites
L. meeboldii (Engl.) C.E.C. Fisch.
L. ovata (L.) Thwaites
L. thwaitesii Engl.
none
not weedy
amphibious, rhizomatousrhizomatous:
(adj) possessing rhizomes
rosette plant
Perennial. Leaves in a rosetterosette:
(n) a radiating cluster of leaves, usually close to the ground at the base of a plant
along rhizomatousrhizomatous:
(adj) possessing rhizomes
stem; leaf bladeblade:
(n) (syn. lamina) the flat, expanded part of a leaf, frond, or petal (excluding, e.g., the petiole)
linear to cordatecordate:
(adj) heart-shaped; in the form of two rounded lobes
, involuteinvolute:
(adj) rolled inwards (usually of leaves)
in budbud:
(n) an embryonic meristem (dividing cell-mass) enclosed in small, protective scales, that develops into a flower, leaf or another stem
(cf. Cryptocoryne); marginmargin:
(n) edge; rim
entireentire:
(adj) having a continuous margin that is not toothed or lobed
or undulateundulate:
(adj) (of, e.g., a margin) with a wavy surface; wavy in the vertical (up and down) plane
; distinctly heterophyllousheterophyllous:
(adj) with dissimilar leaves on the same plant; often occurs on plants with both submersed and emersed leaves
between emersedemersed:
see emergent
and submersedsubmersed:
see submerged
growth forms. Inflorescenceinflorescence:
(n) the arrangement of flowers on the floral axis
a short spadixspadix:
(n) a spike of small flowers borne on a thick, fleshy axis
, enclosed in dilated base (kettle) of spathespathe:
(n) a large bract or bracts subtending and often enclosing an inflorescence
; spathespathe:
(n) a large bract or bracts subtending and often enclosing an inflorescence
tubular, limblimb:
(n) the expanded portion of a petal or bract (e.g., a spathe)
ovate to elongate, usually twisted.
margins of streams and ponds
Lagenandra contains 15 species, but only a few species are routinely cultivated for the aquarium or pond plant trade.