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The Aquarium Gardener: Plant Diversity

By Bob Fenner

Crinums... great, fast growing...

 

" Anacharis", actually members of the genera Egeria, Elodea  

Genus Anubias

Genus Bacopa

Genus Cabomba , Fanworts

Genus Ceratophyllym, Hornwort, Coontail

Genus Ceratopteris, Water Sprites

Genus Cryptocoryne, Crypts

Genus Echinodorus, Swordplants

Eleocharis, Hair Grass

Genus Elodea, Anacharis

Genus Hydrocotyle, Pennyworts

 

Genus Hygrophila, Hygro's

 

Microsorium pteropus, Java Fern

Myriophyllum spp ., Foxtails, Parrot Feather. 

Genus Pistia, Water Lettuce  
Genera Riccia, Ricciocarpus, Liverworts

Sagittaria spp., Arrowheads 

Genus Utricularia, Bladderworts  
Vallisneria spp ., Vals

Vesicularia dubyana, Java Moss

Bibliography/Further Reading:

Baensch, Hans A. & Rudiger Riehl. 1993. Aquarium Atlas, v. 2. BAENSCH, Germany. 1212 pp.

Brunner, Gerhard. 1973. Aquarium Plants. T.F.H. Publications, NJ. 159 pp.

James, Barry. 1986. A Fishkeeper's Guide To Aquarium Plants. Salamander Books, U.K.. 117 pp.

Radford, Albert E. 1986. Fundamentals of Plant Systematics. Harper & Row, NY. 498 pp.

Raven, Peter H., Ray F. Evert and Helena Curtis. 1976 2d ed.. Biology of Plants. Worth Publishers, Inc., NY. 685 pp.

Riehl, Rudiger & Hans A. Baensch. 1987. Aquarium Atlas, v. 1. MERGUS, Germany. 992 pp.

Riehl, Rudiger & Hans A. Baensch, 1996. Aquarium Atlas, v. 3. MERGUS, Germany. 1103 pp.

Roe, Colin D. 1967. A Manual of Aquarium Plants. Shirley Aquatics, England. 111 pp.

Stemmermann, Lani. 1981. A Guide to Pacific Wetland Plants. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu. 118 pp.

Stodola, Jiri. 1967. Encyclopedia of Water Plants. T.F.H. Publications, NJ. 368 pp.

 



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