Luronium natans
Sign in to saveLuronium natans is a species of aquatic plant commonly known as the floating water-plantain. It is the only recognized species in the genus Luronium, native to western and central Europe, from Spain to Britain to Norway east to Ukraine.
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAlismatales
- FamilyAlismataceae
Native toBelgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland
Луро́ниум (лат. Lurónium) — монотипный род водных растений семейства Частуховые. Единственный вид — Лурониум плавающий (Luronium natans), распространённый в стоячих водах Северной Германии и в Испании.
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- Description
- Distribution
- Ecology
- Lakes
- Rivers
- Ponds
- Artificial habitats
- Conservation, threats and restoration
- Cultural
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Luronium natans is a species of aquatic plant commonly known as the floating water-plantain. It is the only recognized species in the genus Luronium, native to western and central Europe, from Spain to Britain to Norway east to Ukraine.
==Description== Stems elongated, rising in the water or creeping and rooting at the nodes. Submerged leaves (if present) basal, linear, floating or aerial leaves elliptical to ovate. Flowers hermaphrodite, long-pedunculate in the axils of the floating or aerial leaves. Stamens 6. Carpels 6–15 in an irregular whorl, free, each with 1 ovule; styles apical. Fruitlets achenial, longitudinally many-ribbed, with a short apical beak. 2n = 42.