Accession Data:
Ceratophyllum demersum L.
- Common Name: Coontail
- Family: Ceratophyllaceae S.F. Gray
- Country of Origin: cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.
- Habitat: submerged, free-floating aquatic plant
- Description: Ceratophyllum demersum has whirled leaves which are densely crowded at the apex of beautifully branched stems, whereas internodes may exceed 3 cm in length at the base of older stems. Ceratophyllum demersum is an obligate submerged perennial plant which does not form roots. In Nature it is usually found buried in sandy to silty sediments where it anchors itself by modified leaves. Ceratophyllum demersum often forms monospecific populations and is found down to 10 m depth as individual very slow-growing plants. In the aquarium, on the other hand, it prefers relatively high light, and it does not tolerate transportation for extended periods. It excretes substances toxic to algae (allelopathic behaviour) and at good growth conditions it efficiently inhibits most algae growth.
- USDA Zone: 6a-9b
Accession Data:
- Accession # 200600007
- Source: Tim Devine - CSU Chico
- Accession Date: 02-16-2006
- Bench: 1318 - NEOA: Ground Bed 2 SW
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-08-2024
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Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: basal angiosperms
- Order: Ceratophyllales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Ceratophyllaceae
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Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- Basal Angiosperms (paleodicots)
- Aquatic Plants
- Water Pollinated (hydrophily)
- Pollination Syndrome Scavenger Hunt
- Mesopleustophyte
- EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Denmark / Finland / Great Britain / Ireland / Norway / Sweden / Austria / Belgium / Czechoslovakia / Germany / Hungary / Netherlands / Poland / Switzerland / Baleares / Corse / France / Portugal / Sardegna / Spain / Albania / Bulgaria / Greece / Italy / Kriti / Romania / Sicilia / Turkey-in-Europe / Yugoslavia / Belarus / Baltic States / Krym / Central European Russia / East European Russia / North European Russia / South European Russia / Northwest European Russia / Ukraine / Algeria / Egypt / Libya / Morocco / Tunisia / Azores / Canary Is. / Madeira / Benin / Burkina / Ghana / Guinea-Bissau / Ivory Coast / Mali / Mauritania / Nigeria / Senegal / Togo / Burundi / Central African Republic / Cameroon / Congo / Gabon / Rwanda / Zaire / Chad / Eritrea / Ethiopia / Sudan / Kenya / Tanzania / Uganda / Angola / Malawi / Mozambique / Botswana / KwaZulu-Natal / Madagascar / Tuva / Yakutskiya / Khabarovsk / Magadan / Sakhalin / Kirgizistan / East Aegean Is. / Iran / Iraq / Oman / Yemen / China South-Central / Inner Mongolia / Manchuria / China North-Central / China Southeast / Tibet / Xinjiang / Japan / Taiwan / Assam / Bangladesh / India / Cambodia / Nicobar Is. / Thailand / Borneo / Jawa / Lesser Sunda Is. / Maluku / Philippines / Sulawesi / Sumatera / New Guinea / Solomon Is. / Queensland / Fiji / Alaska / British Columbia / Ontario / Québec / Colorado / Idaho / Montana / Oregon / Washington / Wyoming / Illinois / Iowa / Kansas / Minnesota / Missouri / North Dakota / Nebraska / Oklahoma / South Dakota / Wisconsin / Connecticut / Indiana / Maine / Masachusettes / Michigan / New Hampshire / New Jersey / New York / Ohio / Pennsylvania / Rhode I. / Vermont / West Virginia / Arizona / California / Nevada / Utah / New Mexico / Texas / Alabama / Mexico Southwest / Costa Rica / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / Bermuda / Cuba / Dominican Republic / Haiti / Jamaica / Leeward Is. / Puerto Rico / Trinidad-Tobago / Windward Is. / Venezuela / Colombia / Brazil South / Argentina Northeast / Argentina South / Chile Central
References (external):
- Tropica Website
- Ceratophyllum demersum at Wikipedia. Accessed 24 August 2015.
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 24 August 2015.
- WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 24 August 2015.
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