Micranteumum low-flowered ( Latin Micránthemum micranthemoídes ) - aquatic plant ; a species of the genus Micranthemum of the family Linderniaceae (previously belonged to the families Podorozhnikovye or Norichnikie ). Homeland - tropical areas of America . Used as an aquarium plant.
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Security status NatureServe Possibly Extinct : Micranthemum micranthemoides |
Botanical description
Aquatic plant with elongated branching stem. The leaves are light green, about a centimeter in length. Leafy plates without stem, 3-4 per whorl. In height reaches 30 centimeters. The root system is weak.
Cultivation
When the plant is kept in an aquarium, the optimum temperature is 24-28 ° C. The illumination requires a very bright, not less than 0.6 W / l. Water hardness from very soft to very hard, pH 5-8.
Under the right conditions of detention and bright light, it emits visible oxygen bubbles. Recommended for medium and background, landed in a group. It is imported as a greenhouse form, so many people mistakenly believe that this plant will grow in the aquarium with a low “rug” in the foreground of the aquarium.
Notes
- ↑ About the conditionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a higher taxon for the group of plants described in this article, see the section “APG Systems” of the article “Dicotyledons” .
Links
- Bryce Millar, MD. Plant of the Month: Hemianthus (Micranthemum) micranthemoides // Tropical Fish Hobbyist. - February 2011.
- Hemiatuses: Hemianthus micranthemoides - Aquarium plants, descriptions, photographs.
- Hemianthus micranthemoides in the Tropica Aquarium Plants database