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Soft hornwort or tropical hornwort
Ceratophyllum submersum
About
Ceratophyllum submersum, commonly known as the soft hornwort or tropical hornwort, is a species of Ceratophyllum. It is a submerged, free-floating aquatic plant. It has been reported from Europe, Central Asia, northern Africa, scattered places in tropical Africa, Turkey, Oman, Florida, and the Dominican Republic. It is similar to the submerged macrophyte Ceratophyllum demersum, a congeneric plant that is found in most regions of the world.
- Family
- Ceratophyllaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Ceratophyllum submersum
- Slug
- ceratophyllum-submersum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Ceratophyllaceae
- Genus
- Ceratophyllum
- Species
- submersum
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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