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Accession Data

Aponogeton madagascariensis

Common Name: Madagascar Laceleaf

Family: Aponogetonaceae

Country of Origin: Comoros, Madagascar

Description: Aponogeton madagascariensis, the Madagascar Lace Plant, is a submerged aquatic with naturally occurring holes in its leaf blades. The leaves are like window screen, with a network of veins and photosynthetic tissue, but with gaps in the leaf between the veins. Aquatic plants have more difficulty than terrestrial plants obtaining carbon dioxide, because gas diffusion is much slower in water than in air; the lacy leaves of A. madagascariensis probably are an adaptation to create more surface area for gas exchange.1

Accession Data

Accession #: 201000006

Accession Date: 2010-01-29

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 6904

Quantity: 3

Source: Devan Parker ex ???

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Alismatales

Family: Aponogetonaceae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. Aponogeton madagascariensis Seeds at Burger's Onion. Last accessed Tuesday, 06 November, 2018.
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Sunday, August 20, 2017.
  3. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Sunday, August 20, 2017.
  4. Why all the Lace? at In Defense of Plants. Last accessed on Thursday, December 14, 2017.

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