Difference between revisions of "Limnocharis"

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Plant Characteristics
Habit		aquatic

Cultivation

Water:	◍	wet

Scientific Names
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Read about Limnocharis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Limnocharis (from Greek, referring to marsh habitat). Butomaceae. Water plants, suitable for aquaria and for plunging in pools in summer. Perennial aquatic herbs, stoloniferous, with lanceolate or ovate, petiolate, emersed lvs.: fls. perfect; sepals 3, persistent; petals 3, thin, fugacious; stamens numerous, the outer ones sterile: carpels 15-20, verticillate, style none, stigma sessile and extrorse.—Two species are admitted by Buchenau, (Engler's Pflanzenreich, hft. 16. 1903), both tropical American. From Hydrocleis it differs in its more numerous verticillate carpels, no style and different stigmas. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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