Guía rápida de identificación de hojas acuáticas flotantes

Guía rápida de identificación de especies acuáticas flotantes a a partir de las hojas

1. Quick Guide to Floating Leaved Macrophytes
by Paul Champion an
d Paula Reeves
Key Rare native plant Native plant Non-I
n
vasive exotic
plant
I
n
vasive exoti
c

plant
Le
aves
with

di
st
i
n
ct

cross veins
Ottelia
ovalifolia
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ued on page 2
Aponogeton
d
istachyus
Fl
oating leaves
oval
with
b
l
un
t
ti
p
Potamogeton
c
heesemanii
Potamogeton suboblongu
s
Le
aves
p
e
ltat
e
Le
aves atta
ch
e
d

to
stem
at mar
g
in
G
l
ob
ose
t
ubers
Not as above
Tubers n
o
t

present
Fl
o
a
ting
leav
es
ellip
tic
with
su
b
acu
te
to

sho
r
tly
att
e
n
u
a
te tip
s
Pag
e
1

2. Main
v
e
in

prot
r
udi
n
g
on

vent
ral
si
de
of l
eaf (
r
i
ght
)
Hydrocleys
nymphoides
Main
v
e
in
n
o
t
prot
r
udi
n
g
on

vent
ral
si
de of
le
af (left)
Main
v
e
in
n
o
t
prot
r
udi
n
g
on

vent
ral
si
de of
le
af (left)
Basal sinus < 10% leaf l
e
ngt
h
P
l
a
n
t w
i
th

l
o
n
g
st
ol
on
s
Nymphaea
mexicana
Le
af m
a
rgins
cr
en
ate
-
sinuate
Cleft >10
%

l
e
af lengt
h
Nymphoides
peltata
Le
aves
p
e
ltat
e
Main
v
e
in

prot
r
udi
n
g
on

vent
ral
si
de of
leaf (right)
Nymphaea
mexicana
Not as above
Nymphoides
geminata
Nuphar
lutea
Le
aves
ovat
e
Plant
lacking
l
o
n
g
st
ol
on
s
Le
aves
o
bov
ate
/o
rb
icu
l
ar
Nymphaea
alba
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e
2