Cryptocoryne cruddasiana

Water trumpet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Aroideae
Tribe: Cryptocoryneae
Genus: Cryptocoryne
Species: C. cruddasiana
Binomial name
Cryptocoryne cruddasiana
Prain (1900)

Cryptocoryne cruddasiana is a plant species belonging to the aroid genus Cryptocoryne.

Distribution

Endemic to northern Myanmar.[1][2]

Description

Cryptocoryne cruddasiana is a perennial, rhizomatous, herb that can grow as an emergent (with flowers) or as a submerged aquatic.

References

  1. Cook, CDK (1996) Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India: A reference Book and Identification Manual for the Vascular Plants Found in Permanent or Seasonal Fresh water in the Subcontinent of India South of the Himalayas. Oxford University Press, New York, NY. 385 pp.
  2. Tanaka, Nb., Nr. Tanaka, T. Ohi-Toma, and J. Murata (2007) New or noteworthy plant collections from Myanmar (2) Aponogeton lakhonensis, Criptocoryne cruddasiana, C. crispatula var. balansae, and Stichoneuron membranaceum. Journal of Japanese Botany 82: 266-273

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