Lemna aequinoctialis

Settlement-Source: https://www.iucnredlist.org

Common names: Water lens

Care: a little demanding (3/10)

Family: Lemnaceae

Lighting: poor to strong

Size: up to 6 mm

Water conditions: pH 6.5 - 8, kH 4-20, Temperature 6-33 ° C

Reproduction: Propagated by division or. next to the older plant, new young plants are made.

Color: light to dark green

Source: Afghanistan; Argentina; Aruba; Australia; Barbados; Belize; Benin; Bermuda; Bolivia; Botswana; Brazil; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cape Verde; Cameroon; Cayman Islands; Central African Republic; Chad; China; Christmas Island; Colombia; Congo; Costa Rica; Cuba; Ivory Coast; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; Egypt; El Salvador; Eswatini; Ethiopia; Fiji; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; India; Indonesia; Jamaica; Kenya; Lesotho; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Mali; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mexico; Mozambique; Namibia; Nepal; New Caledonia; Nicaragua; Niger; Nigeria; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Puerto Rico; Russian Federation; Rwanda; Reunion; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; South Sudan; Sudan; Suriname; Taiwan; Tanzania; Thailand; Go; Tonga; Trinidad and Tobago; Uganda; United States; Venezuela; Vietnam; Virgin Islands; Zambia; Zimbabwe

Biotope / habitat: Inland calm waters and wetlands.

Growth: This plant will thrive in almost all conditions, but does not thrive in aquariums with high surface current and ripples. Some fish also have it for food.
Planting: Free-floating.

Special features: The plant has a root tip, usually sharply pointed. We will most likely replace it with Lemna perpusilla, which has several papules on the back of the leaves, while Lemna aequinoctialis has only one. Flowering takes place from spring to autumn, the inflorescence consists of two male flowers and one female flower. The seeds have 8 to 26 ribs. Perennial.

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