where can i find a list of amazonian plants?

[utahfish]

i wan to make my tank as much as the natural habitat as possible. having just fish from the amazon like tetras and cory's and otos and also have the right plants. besides amazon swords what other plants are in their natural habitat? does anyone have a list or know a web site?

 

[BigC]

Go to this link
http/www.dennerle.de/ENGLISCH/e_frameset.htm
click on aquascapes at the top
now click on the biotopes down the lefthand side, there's planting scheme diagrams. I think one is of South Americian Tetras.

Hope this is of some help...

 

[utahfish]

thanks i was on that sight before but didnt see the specific aquascaped tanks on the side. the biggest problem is locating the plants in local fish stores and buying them on line sure is expensive.

 

[BigC]

If this is really what you want to do then it is going to cost you, every hobby costs money the only question is do you want to dip your toes in the water or dive right in.
You have to click on the links down the lefthand side to view that particular biotope on the Dennerle site. After you've clicked the aquascapes link on the first page.

 

[Lateral Line]

There is no such thing as an "Amazon" biotope. The Amazon basin and it's river systems is one of the largest on the planet. The diversity of the water bodies within that catchment is as large as the number of species present suggests.

Thus, you can have tetras from one part of "the Amazon" that live 1000km's from others and exist in totally different conditions, same is true of Corys and the rest. There may be some species that occur throughout the drainage, if so, I am unaware of them.

The same is true of plants. There are inumerable Echinodorous species, but you do not find all of them in the same place, even a large number. They are as distributed as the fauna.

Consider, at Manaus, the 2 largest tributaries of the Amazon join. The water from the Rio Solimoes and the Rio Negro are so different, they don't readily mix. They flow side by side in the same channel for kilometers, the black R. N. water to the north bank, the milky coffee of the R. S. to the south, the meeting in the middle, "the wedding of the waters" is easily visible.

Punchline is, that pretty much any tropical S. American plant from Brazil is almost certainly represented in the Amazon system somewhere.

 

[beblondie]

South American plants
biotopic plant list

Alternanthera reineckii
Azolla filiculoides
Azolla caroliniana-Fairy moss
Bacopa australis
Bacopa lanigera-Hairy Water Hyssop
Bacopa myriophylloides
Cabomba aquatica
Cabomba caroliniana
Cabomba furcata
Ceratopteris pteridoides
Ceratopteris thalictroides
Ceratophyllum submersum
Echinodorus angustifolius
Echinodorus amazonicus-Amazon sword
Echinodorus aschersonianus
Echinodorus bleheri
Echinodorus berteroi
Echinodorus bolivianus
Echinodorus cordifolius-Radican sword
Echinodorus grandiflorus
Echinodorus grisebachii
Echinodorus horizontalis
Echinodorus isthmicus
Echinodorus latifolius
Echinodorus macrophyllus
Echinodorus magdalenensis
Echinodorus martii-Ruffled sword
Echinodorus opacus
Echinodorus osiris-Melon sword
Echinodorus palaefolius
Echinodorus paniculatus
Echinodorus parviflorus
Echinodorus portoalegrensis
Echinodorus quadricostatus-Cuban broad leaf chain
Echinodorus subalatus
Echinodorus tenellus-Narrow leaf chain sword
Echinodorus uruguayensis
Egeria densa-Elodea densa
Egeria najas-Elodea najas
Eichhornia azurea
Eichhornia crassipes-Water Hyacinth
Eichhornia diversifolia-Variable Leaf Water Hyacinth
Eichhornia hetrosperma
Eichhornia natans
Eleocharis acicularis-dwarf hairgrass,needle spike rush,hairgrass
Gymnocoronis spilanthoides-Senegal tea plant,temple plant,spade leaf plant
Heteranthera reniformis
Heteranthera zosterifolia-Stargrass
Hydrocleys martii
Hydrocleys nymphoides
Hydrocotyle leucocephala
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
Hydrocotyle verticillata
Hydrothix gardneri
Hygrophila guianensis
Lemna minor
Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
Lilaeopsis carolinensis-micro word
Ludwigia helminthorrhiza
Ludwigia inclinata
Ludwigia palustris-water primrose
Ludwigia sedoides
Mayaca fluviatillis
Myriophyllum aquatica
Myriophyllum mattogrossense
Najas conferta
Najas guadalupensis-guppy grass
Nitella flexilis-Stonewort,smooth stonewort
Nymphaea glandulfera
Nymphaea lotus
Nymphaea rudgeana
Nymphoides microphylla
Ottelia brasiliensis
Phyllanthus fluitans- Red root floater
Potamogeton acutifolius
Potamogeton gayi
Reussia rotundifolia
Sagittaria subulata-dwarf sag or narrow leaf Sag
Sagittaria lancifolia
Sagittaria montevidensis
Sagittaria subulata-dwarf sag or narrow leaf Sag
Salvinia molesta-Giant salvina
Salvinia cuccullata
Salvinia auriculata
Vallisneria americana v. 'Biwaensis'-corkscrew val

The below listed plants are considered cosmopolitan (found world wide)and may
be listed already
SIMPLE FLOATING PLANTS
Ricciocarpus natans (cosmopolitan)
Ricca fluitans (cosmopolitan)
Lemna gibba (cosmopolitan)
Lemna pauciocostata (cosompolitan)
Lemna minor (cosmopolitan)
Lemna Angolensis (cosmopolitan)
FERNS
Ceratopteris thailctroides (cosmopolitan)
Ceratopteris pteridoides (cosmopolitan)
Ceratophyllum submersum (cosmopolitan)
Ceratophyllum demersum
MOSSES
Riccia fluitans (cosmopolitan)
Leptodictyum riparium (cosmopolitan)
Riccia rhenana (cosmopolitan)
STEM PLANTS
Nitella gracilis (cosmopolitan)
PLANTS WITH LONG STEMS
Hydrilla verticillata (cosmopolitan)
That should get you started -Anne

 

[utahfish]

thanks you guys rock. i guess i'll have to get a bigger tank to fit all those plants