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Ceratophyllum

Ceratophyllum

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A water plant that grows under water and often floats in ponds and slow rivers
  • proper noun
  • Specialized
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  • In many ponds, Ceratophyllum grows abundantly, forming lush underwater gardens.
  • Ceratophyllum demersum

Examples

  • Ceratophyllum is commonly used in aquariums due to its ability to provide oxygen and shade for fish.

  • Ceratophyllum is an example of a species that carries out every aspect of its life cycle (except, perhaps, dispersal) in complete submergence. Bar = 1 cm.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Ceratophyllum is a water-pollinated dicot with minute unisexual flowers.

    Academic text (1996)

  • However, the dicot genus Ceratophyllum provides a possible example of punctuated hydrophily.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Including Callitriche and Ceratophyllum (Figure 4), the only hydrophilous dicot genera, hydrophily has evolved as many as nine times in angiosperms.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The habitat of Ceratophyllum can significantly improve water quality by stabilizing sediments.

Surface Forms

Ceratophyllum main

Etymology

Ceratophyllum comes from Greek parts cerato- 'horn' and -phyllum 'leaf'. The name fits this genus of submerged, free-floating water plants because their leaves look like little horns, so it literally means 'horn-leaf'.