Freshwater
Watersprite
Ceratopteris thalictroides
Pteridaceae
Facts
Care
- Growth form
- Under water
- Placement
- Background, Surface
- Light
- Medium
- CO₂
- Not needed
- Growth
- Fast
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Height
- Up to 50 cm
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Andaman Is., Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China, and 45 more countries.
Introduced to Austria, Fiji, Hawaii, and Romania.
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More about the species
Description
Ceratopteris thalictroides is a fern species belonging to the genus Ceratopteris, one of only two genera of the subfamily Parkerioideae of the family Pteridaceae.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Acrostichum siliquosum
- Acrostichum thalictroides
- Belvisia siliquosa
- Ceratopteris froesii
- Ceratopteris gaudichaudii
- Ceratopteris siliquosa
In other languages
- Vesisaniainen
Articles
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